Jasper Johns Presentation

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Jasper Johns 1930-Present Flag Moratorium 1969

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Jasper Johns1930-Present

Flag Moratorium 1969

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Target

• Jasper Johns has madea lot of differenttargets, this is his mostfamous one.

• This painting wasmade in 1974.

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Flags1

• Just like the targets hehas created a lot ofdifferent kinds offlags.

• Notice how you cansee his brushstrokes.

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He’s From the Good Old U.S. OfA

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Fool’s House

• This is another one ofhis paintings.

• This painting wasmade in 1962.

• Everything he paintsare either icons orcommon householdobjects.

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Jasper’s Friends

• Robert Rauschenberg, was a fellow painterhe worked with.

• John Cage, Composer he worked with.• Merce Cunningham, choreographer he

worked with.• Jasper met them all in NYC.

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Miscellaneous

• He was born in Augusta, Georgia.• Graduated from high school in Sumter, SC.• Went to South Carolina University for three

semesters before moving to NYC.• Moved to NYC and started work in a book shop.• He got his first art solo at the Leo Castelli Gallery.• The Museum of Modern art bought three of his

paintings. Which made him popular.

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Jasper Johns