Jasper Johns

Roberta Bernstein, Edith Devaney, Hiroko Ikegami, Morgan Meis & Robert Storr

Softcover | 28 x 2.51 x 30 cm | 264 pp

RA | 2019 | 9781910350690

This handsomely illustrated book brings together Johns' paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings. From his innovations in sculpture to his use of collage in paintings, it gives focus to different chapters of Johns' career and examines the international significance of his work. Featuring contributions from a range of experts, this volume explores the depth and breadth of Johns' oeuvre, encompassing more than half a century.

Jasper Johns is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, and has remained central to American art since his arrival in New York in the 1950s. With his then partner Robert Rauschenberg, Johns helped to establish a decisive new direction in the art world, termed "Neo-Dada" at the time. Johns' striking use of popular iconography, "things the mind already knows," as he put it (flags, numbers, maps), made the familiar unfamiliar and made a colossal impact in the art world, becoming a touchstone for Pop, minimalist and conceptual art.