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)