Jasper Johns : mind/mirror / Carlos Basualdo and Scott Rothkopf ; with contributions by Emmanuel Alloa, Andrianna Campbell-LaFleur, Carroll Dunham, Flavio Fergonzi, Ruth Fine, Michio Hayashi, Terrance Hayes, Michael Ann Holly, Ralph Lemon, Alexander Nemerov, R.H. Quaytman, Jennifer L. Roberts, Drew Sawyer, Sandra Skurvida, Colm Toibin, and Hannah Yohalem.
Publisher:
Philadelphia Museum of Art ;
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
347 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 24 cm
Foreword / Timothy Rub and Adam D. Weinberg -- Acknowledgments / Carlos Basualdo and Scott Rothkopf -- Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror / Scott Rothkopf -- On "Jasper Johns" / Carlos Basualdo -- Jasper Johns in 1954: the time machine / Alexander Nemerov -- Some notes on Jasper Johns's European reception, 1958-1964 / Flavio Fergonzi -- Note to the reader -- Early work : Real things as paintings ; Disappearance and negation ; Devices in Jasper Johns's paintings / Andrianna Campbell-LaFleur ; Once more, with feeling: Jasper Johns and queer art histories / Drew Sawyer -- First motifs : Flags and maps ; Numbers ; The historic home makeover audio guide for the White House Jasper Johns flags exhibition / Terrance Hayes ; A letter to Johns / R.H. Quaytman -- Display : Leo Castelli, 1960 ; Leo Castelli, 1968 ; On display: Jasper Johns's Castelli exhibitions / Hannah Yohalem -- Place : Japan ; South Carolina ; Delay as medium: Jasper Johns and Japan / Michio Hayashi ; In my mother's voice / Ralph Lemon -- Constellations : According to what, 1964 ; Untitled, 1972 ; Casting blind / Jennifer L. Roberts -- Mind/Mirror : Doubles and reflections ; Doubles and reflections ; Jasper's dilemma / Emmanuel Alloa -- Unique prints : Savarin monotypes ; Trial and working proofs ; What if? / Ruth Fine -- Reveries : Dreams ; Nightmares ; Face time / Carroll Dunham ; Jasper Johns: the hurt imagination / Colm Toibin -- Recent work : Elegies in light ; Elegies in dark ; Of late / Michael Ann Holly -- Editioned prints : Rolywholyover ; Exhibition as composition: repetition and difference / Sandra Skurvida -- Archive : Whitney Museum of American Art ; Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Jasper Johns: master of chance / Carlos Basualdo.
Summary:
"Jasper Johns (b. 1930) is arguably the most influential artist living today. Over the past 65 years, he has produced a radical and varied body of work marked by constant reinvention. Inspired by the artist's long-standing fascination with mirroring and doubles, this book (published to accompany "mirroring" exhibitions held simultaneously at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art) provides an original perspective on Johns's work and its continued relevance. A 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. The various themes are further explored in a series of plate sections that combine prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures to draw new connections in Johns's vast output"-- Provided by publisher. "This lavishly illustrated retrospective of Jasper Johns's work offers a new perspective on the artist's work based on his own enduring fascination with mirroring and doubles"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.