Jasper Johns




With all the recent discussion over Richard Prince's work (link) (link), and the obvious influence that Marcel Duchamp has had on him, I thought it would be interesting to see what people thought of Jasper Johns' work. Duchamp was also a large influence on Johns' paintings, who in turn was an influence on Pop artists and Minimalist painters. Feel free to post some opinions up on here about it, anyone can.

There's a great biography on Jasper Johns at the PBS site, and you can view some of his work here

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