Johns, Jasper 1930-

Jasper Johns by Jasper Johns ( Book )
70 editions published between 1960 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 1,361 libraries worldwide
A representative presentation of the artist's work, preceded by an essay by Leo Castelli, the New York gallery owner who discovered and promoted his work.

Jasper Johns : a retrospective by Kirk Varnedoe ( Book )
13 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and held by 950 libraries worldwide
Accompanying the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1996-97, Jasper Johns: A Retrospective contains 264 color plates illustrating Johns's work in all its facets - paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints. An introductory essay by Kirk Varnedoe, the exhibition's curator, looks back through the layers of memory in Johns's recent work to review the essential themes that have engaged the artist since his epoch-making Flag and Target paintings of the mid-1950s. In the book's second essay, Roberta Bernstein analyzes a crucial tactic in Johns's art: his many methods of referring to predecessor artists ranging from Leonardo and Grunewald to Cezanne, Duchamp, and Picasso. The illustrations for Bernstein's essay include a fourteen-page section reproducing the images she discusses - a striking visual demonstration of the variety of the art that Johns's work gathers together and transforms. Varnedoe then takes the opposite approach to Bernstein's, exploring how Johns's art has been interpreted by the artists of his and our own time: from the Pop, Minimal and Conceptual movements of the 1960s through to the new art of today, his work has proved rich enough to have a fundamentally influential impact on an extraordinarily diverse array of artists. The plates in Jasper Johns: A Retrospective are arranged in sections according to the stages of Johns's career, allowing comparison of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints from each period of his art as it has developed and changed. This comprehensive selection of reproductions is interwoven with an illustrated chronology tracing Johns's life and work with unprecedented accuracy and thoroughness.

Jasper Johns by Richard Francis ( Book )
13 editions published between 1984 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 916 libraries worldwide
Discusses the works of American artist Jasper Johns.

Jasper Johns : a print retrospective by Riva Castleman ( Book )
11 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and Spanish and held by 915 libraries worldwide

Jasper Johns : work since 1974 by Mark Rosenthal ( Book )
8 editions published between 1988 and 1990 in English and held by 889 libraries worldwide

Jasper Johns : an allegory of painting, 1955-1965 ( Book )
14 editions published in 2007 in English and German and held by 672 libraries worldwide
This volume was published to accompany an exhibition of the works of American contemporary artist who works primarily in painting and printmaking, Jasper Johns (b. 1930). In the late 1950's, Johns emerged as force in the American art scene. His richly worked paintings of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism toward a new emphasis on the concrete. Johns laid the groundwork for both Pop Art and Minimalism. The exhibition of works depicted in this book was held at the National Gallery in Washington, concentrating on the pivotal decade 1955-1965 when Johns produced his most famous works. Alongside the full color reproductions of Johns' works are analysis of various diverse aspects of these early years of his career that established him as one of the great figures in modern art and stimulated much in art created by others.

The drawings of Jasper Johns by Nan Rosenthal ( Book )
8 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 665 libraries worldwide

Johns by Jasper Johns ( Book )
11 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and Italian and held by 648 libraries worldwide
Johns occupies a pivotal position in the history of modern art. Associated with both the Abstract Expressionist and Pop movements, he continually pushed the boundaries of conventional expectations about art.

Jasper Johns drawings, 1954-1984 by David Shapiro ( Book )
6 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 618 libraries worldwide

Jasper Johns : gray by James Rondeau ( Book )
8 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 576 libraries worldwide