© 2021 Jasper Johns/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Museum Ludwig, Cologne donation Ludwig, 1976. Oil, encaustic, and collage on canvas with objects (four panels), 72 × 192 1/4 in. During the course of his career, he has tirelessly pursued an innovative body of work. His works have continued to pose similar paradoxes - between cognition and perception, image and object, painting and sculpture - and have explored new approaches to abstraction and figuration that have opened up perspectives for several generations of younger artists. In his twenties, Johns created his now-canonical Flag (1954–55), which challenged the dominance of Abstract Expressionism by integrating abstraction and representation through its direct, though painterly, deadpan visual power. 1930-) has produced a radical and varied body of work distinguished by constant reinvention. Since the early 1950s, Jasper Johns (American, b. It chronicles Johns’s accomplishments across many mediums - including paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, working proofs, and monotypes - and highlights the complex relationships among them. Structured around the principles of mirroring and doubling that have long been a focus of the artist’s work, this two-part exhibition, which follows a loose chronological order from the 1950s to the present, offers an innovative curatorial model for a monographic survey. Philadelphia Museum of Art: promised gift of Keith L. From left to right: Encaustic on canvas, 36 × 24 in. Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.‘5 Postcards,’ 2011, by Jasper Johns. Vogelman, exhibition assistant, in Philadelphia, and Lauren Young, curatorial assistant, in New York. and Katherine Sachs Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Scott Rothkopf, Senior Deputy Director and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with Sarah B. The organizing curators are Carlos Basualdo, Keith L. This exhibition is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A visit to either museum will provide a vivid chronological survey a visit to both will offer an innovative and immersive exploration of the many phases, masterworks, and mysteries of Johns’s still-evolving career. Inspired by the artist’s long-standing fascination with mirroring and doubles, each half of the exhibition will act as a reflection of the other, inviting viewers to look closely to discover the themes, methods, and coded visual language that echo across the two venues. From his iconic flags to lesser-known and recent works, the exhibition will feature paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints-nearly 500 artworks across the two museums, many of which are from Johns’s personal collection and will be shown publicly for the first time. In an unprecedented collaboration, the Whitney and the Philadelphia Museum of Art will stage a simultaneous retrospective-the largest of Johns’s seven-decade career-that offers a fresh take on the living legend. 1930) continues to influence today’s artists like few others. The radical, inventive art of Jasper Johns (b.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |