Cover of the October 24, 1977 issue of Newsweek featuring pop art icon Jasper Johns. The magazine wrote letters to subscribers stating that its article on Johns had produced more negative feedback than any other article they had ever published.
The Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, CA is exhibiting a selection of more than 120 works in various media by Jasper Johns, as presented by the museum's web page.
John's "Flag", painted in 1967.
Map, 1961
A loving review of the exhibition by New York artist Peter Plagens was published in the Wall Street Journal. One paragraph:
"The formidable catalog for the formidable exhibition "Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth," at the Broad museum, calls the artist the "painterly champion of fundamentally conceptual practices." He could also conceivably be called the conceptual champion of fundamentally painterly practices, which might make him the artistic equivalent of the world's shortest giant or tallest dwarf.It would if Mr. Johns (b. 1930) didn't make such a masterly art that combines the best of both head and hand."
A painting by Peter Plagens. One might easily come to the conclusion that he and Mr. Johns are members of the same artistic brotherhood.
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