Jasper Johns

born 1930

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Biography

Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related topics. Johns' works regularly receive millions of dollars at sale and auction, including a reported $110 million sale in 2010. At multiple times works by Johns have held the title of most paid for a work by a living artist.

Johns has received many honors throughout his career, including receipt of the National Medal of Arts in 1990, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. In 2018, The New York Times called him the United States' "foremost living artist."

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Artworks

Jasper Johns 0 through 9

1961

T00454

Jasper Johns Dancers on a Plane

1980–1

T03242

Jasper Johns Savarin

1982

P07736

Jasper Johns [title not known]

1967–9

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Jasper Johns Decoy

1971

P07380

Jasper Johns Two Flags (black)

1970–2

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Jasper Johns The Seasons (Summer)

1987

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Jasper Johns Scent

1975–6

P07378

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Features

Art Term

Appropriation

Appropriation in art and art history refers to the practice of artists using pre-existing objects or images in their art ...

Art Term

Neo-dada

The term neo-dada applied to the work of artists working in America in the 1950s and 1960s which was reminiscent ...

In Focus

Dancers on a Plane 1980–1 by Jasper Johns

Katherine Markoski

This In Focus asks whether Dancers on a Plane – a key painting from Johns’s ‘crosshatch’ period – can be seen ...

Tate Papers

Mapping the Field: Lawrence Alloway’s Art Criticism-as-Information

Stephen Moonie

Lawrence Alloway claimed that the art critic should avoid explicit value judgements and instead provide information. This paper historicises Alloway ...