Jasper Johns: Gray
Friday, April 25, 2008
The color gray has been an important theme in Jasper Johns’s work throughout his career, from the mid-1950s to the present. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting an exhibit, "Jasper Johns: Gray," through May 4. Ian Alteveer is exhibitions assistant.
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Comments [6]
after visiting the show twice (i had to return because i thought i missed something) it seems to me that johns belongs in the john, a grey one.
Do they ever deal with that?
How does the curator deal with the fact that this in depth exploration of symbols, subtlies of shades and tones of gray, ideas of looking and light, and its relationship to Dada, are all INSIDE the artworld discussions that are bound leave a vast population of museums goers out of the discussion.
Isn't the interest in returning to the flag was that no matter when it was painted or how, it was always a flag, regardless of changes...that being the idea of the ready made, that it is what it is regardless of presentation?
"Numbers, 1964" by Jasper Johns appears to be all gray and hangs in the lobby of the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. It was commissioned by the architect Philip Johnson and was threatened to be sold in 1999 by Lincoln Center but a public outcry stopped the sale.
In the exhibit room of flags, it seemed like most were painted in the 60s, but then one was painted in the 80s or 90s. It didn't seem much different in character. Why did he return to this subject? Is there a difference?
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