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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Two Untitled Works of Jasper Johns at Hirshhorn


Jasper Johns - Untitled, 1967
oil, encaustic and charcoal on linen


A universe of shapes, witnessed by some guy resembling Kurt Vonnegut, is it real this world, is it deceptive?


And here is another Untitled, from 1954: painted wood, painted plaster cast, photomechanical reproductions on canvas, glass, and nails. The painted wood suggests an icon: is the artist thinking here at the holiness of his universes of shapes and symbols?





(Hirshhorn Museum)

(Contemporary Art)

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