05 July 2006

Happy fourth--a day late.





Jasper Johns, White Flag, 1955.

5 comments:

Dad said...

Cool flag, who is this guy, what is the flag made from, where is it displayed?

kat said...

It's probably not, but it looks like brick.

kat said...

Ah, a painting. I wish I liked to paint regularly because you can get such interesting texture. Here's a link, Dad, if you want to check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Johns

Mary Ann said...

good link, Kat. I don't have time to do another post today, but I'll do one soon with all the reasons I think this is a super-cool piece of art.

suz said...

i read the wikipedia link, and i thought it was interesting that johns was described as a neo-dadaist as well as a pop artist.

that made me think of a question i'v been meaning to ask you. i was having an art discussion with my roommate who is a tattoo artist/painter, in which he commented "as an artist, i think that stuff like duchamp's 'fountain' is the biggest insult to the work i do" i'm rather curious about your thoughts on this- might make a good upcoming post, maybe?