Jasper Johns at Museum of Modern Art, New York, until 16 Feb

Exhibition Description:

This exhibition celebrates MoMA's acquisition of a series of 13 untitled compositions from 2001 by Jasper Johns (American, born 1930) with an exhibition of 85 prints, drawings, and paintings, all from the Museum's significant collection of his works. Johns's Untitled series of prints will be on view for the first time. These prints reference his "Catenary" theme, named for the curve formed by a cord hanging between two fixed points, representative of Johns' method of cutting, pasting, painting, and drawing to make works that were linked thematically but differing widely in their expressive content.

This series, as well as other works selected for the exhibition, comprise a revealing display of the artist's creative process and demonstrate Johns's longstanding practice of re-investigating a repertoire of images, including flags, numerals, targets, and studies of the four seasons. The exhibition is organized by Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator for Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art.

Description:

Image: Jasper Johns, Courtesy MoMA

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