1. JASPER JOHNS http://www.greenfield-sanders.com/bottom_art.html

2. Background :  Born in Augusta, Georgia in 1930  Grew up wanting to be an artist  Was drafted and stationed in Japan  Returned to study at the University of South Carolina, Columbia between 1949-51  From 1952-58 worked in NY bookshop and as a commercial artist

3.  In New York, met and was influenced by John Cage (composer), Merce Cunningham (choreographer), and Robert Rauschenberg.  Visited Philadelphia to see work by Duchamp  Inspired by a dream to paint the flag

4. Early Work “…we see that it is not a painting of a flag. The roles are reversed: beginning with the flag, a painting was made…” - David Sylvester, "About Modern Art""About Modern Art" http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/item?id=12337&sub=submagnify Flag, 1954

5. “In the stars it's allegro vivace, agitated movement, flickering and exploding. In the stripes it's andante.” - David Sylvester, "About Modern Art""About Modern Art" White Flag, 1955 http://www. mcah.columb ia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourse s/search?sim plesearch=ja sper+johns

6. “Johns' early work combined a serious concern for the craft of painting with an everyday, almost absurd, subject matter. The meaning of the painting could be found in the painting process itself. It was a new experience for gallery goers to find paintings solely of such things as flags and numbers.” -pbs http://www.pbs.org/wnet/american masters/database/johns_j.html

7. - In 1958, gallery owner Leo Castelli offered Johns a show -At that first exhibition, the Museum of Modern Art purchased three pieces,

8. Target with Plaster Casts, 1955 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

9. Book, 1957, (encaustic on book) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

10. Numbers in Color, 1958-59 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

11. False Start, 1959, (oil on canvas) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- hin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper +johns

12. Shade, 1959, (encaustic on canvas with objects) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+ johns

13. Out the Window, 1959, (encaustic collage) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

14. Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960 http://www.mcah. columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/sear ch?simplesearch=j asper+johns

15. Map, 1961 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

16. Device, 1961-62 http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

17. Diver, 1963, (charcoal and pastel on paper) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper +johns

18. Filed Painting, 1963-64, (oil on canvas) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

19. According to What, 1964, (oil on canvas) http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns

20. Watchman, 1964, (oil on canvas with objects) http://www. mcah.columb ia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourse s/search?sim plesearch=ja sper+johns

21. Two Maps, 1966 Lithograph printed in gray on black Fabriano paper Untitled, 1977 Screenprint http://search.famsf.org/4d.acgi$Search? list&=1&=jasper&=And&=Yes&=johns& =&=&=Yes&=Yes&=f

22.  He was the artistic advisor for the composer John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s Dance Company until 1972  To date Johns has produced over 400 prints in lithography, silkscreen, and intaglio.  In 1996, the Museum of Modern Art in New York gave a major retrospective to Johns; it traveled to three other museums Photo by: Jack Spear http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/exhib_detail/ 99_exhib_jasper_johns.html

23. References  http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/johns_jasper.html http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/johns_jasper.html  http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/Biographies/johns.html http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/Biographies/johns.html  http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/cgi- bin/dbcourses/search?simplesearch=jasper+johns  http://www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johnsbio.html http://www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johnsbio.html  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/jo hns_j.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/jo hns_j.html  http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_collection_70 _134.cfm http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_collection_70 _134.cfm  http://apm- cbm.hypermart.net/Artists/Biograpies/Johns.html