Jasper Johns - Couverture souple

Bernstein, Roberta

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0847815161 ISBN 13 : 9780847815166

Editeur : Rizzoli International Publications, 1993

Synopsis

Briefly describes John's life and career, shows fifteen of his major works, a includes comments on their composition.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

• A study of one of America's greatest contemporary artists illustrated with his paintings, sculptures, drawings and collages, and with texts written by leading academic experts, published to accompany his retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London
• Includes Johns's most iconic works, sculptures, works on paper and collages


Jasper Johns (b.1930) is regarded as one of the most influential American artists of the last sixty years. When he broke onto the New York art scene in the 1950s, Johns and his lover Robert Rauschenberg established a decisive new direction in an art world that had been dominated by the Abstract Expressionists. Johns's striking use of popular iconography, such as flags, numbers and maps, rendered with a distinctive textural, painterly surface, made a colossal impact. In this handsomely illustrated study, skilled writers examine Johns's pioneering oeuvre and offer a detailed overview of the career and international significance of this subtlest of craftsmen.

This book accompanies the exhibition 'Jasper Johns', 23 September-10 December 2017, Royal Academy of Arts, London

Biographie de l'auteur

Roberta Bernstein is a professor at the University at Albany, New York (SUNY), and author of the catalogue raisonné of Jasper Johns's paintings and sculptures. Edith Devaney is curator of contemporary projects at the Royal Academy of Arts, where she was co-curator of 'Abstract Expressionism' (2016). Hiroko Ikegami is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies at Kobe University and author of The Great Migrator: Robert Rauschenberg and the Global Rise of American Art (2010). Morgan Meis is an essayist and critic who writes about art and culture for many newspapers and magazines, among them Harper's, n+1, Slate, Virginia Quarterly Review and The Believer. Robert Storr was an influential curator at MoMA, New York, for over a decade. More recently Dean of Yale University School of Art, he has written on such major post-war artists as Guston, Richter, Close, Rauschenberg, Reinhardt and Bourgeois, among many others.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rizzoli International Publications
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0847815161
• ISBN 13: 9780847815166
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 24
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible