Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror opens on September 29th at the Whitney Museum and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Alfred Taubman, Laura-Lee Whittier Woods, Howard Lipman, and Ed Downe in honor of the Museums 50th Anniversary.
JASPER JOHNS WHITNEY FULL
The various themes are further explored in a series of in-depth plate sections that combine prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures to draw new connections in Johns’s vast output.Īccompanying "mirroring" exhibitions held simultaneously at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this lavishly illustrated volume features a selection of rarely published works along with never-before-published archival content and is full of revelations that allow us to engage with and understand the artist’s rich and varied body of work in new and meaningful ways. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York purchase, with funds from the Gilman Foundation, Inc., The Lauder Foundation, A. These include Carroll Dunham on dreams, Ruth Fine on monotypes and working proofs, Michio Hayashi on Japan, Terrance Hayes on flags, and Colm Toíbín on nightmares, among many others. Jasper Johns ’s groundbreaking work sent shock waves through the art world when it was first shown in the late 1950s, and he has continued to challenge new audiencesand himselfover a career spanning more than sixty-five years. Inspired by the artist’s long-standing fascination with mirroring and doubles, this book provides an original and exciting perspective on Johns’s work and its continued relevance.Ī diverse group of curators, academics, artists, and writers offer a series of essays-including many paired texts-that consider aspects of the artist’s work, such as recurring motifs, explorations of place, and use of a wide array of media. Over the past 65 years, he has produced a radical and varied body of work marked by constant reinvention.
I feel like he’s been miscast a bit about being so mysterious, like he’s some sort of Holden Caulfield. 1930) is arguably the most influential artist living today. Jasper Johns/ULAE/VAGA/Artists Rights Society/The Whitney Museum of American Art.
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