'Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983' comprises some 90 paintings, prints and drawings created over a period of significant development in the artist's work. During this time Johns moved away from the flags, targets and other symbols, which had brought him instant acclaim in the late 1950s, to a range of arresting new imagery, much of it intensely personal, melancholic and even surreal.
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Irish Art Exhibition for Johns
The first major exhibition in Ireland by the iconic American artist Jasper Johns opened to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art .
'Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983' comprises some 90 paintings, prints and drawings created over a period of significant development in the artist's work. During this time Johns moved away from the flags, targets and other symbols, which had brought him instant acclaim in the late 1950s, to a range of arresting new imagery, much of it intensely personal, melancholic and even surreal.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
'Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983' comprises some 90 paintings, prints and drawings created over a period of significant development in the artist's work. During this time Johns moved away from the flags, targets and other symbols, which had brought him instant acclaim in the late 1950s, to a range of arresting new imagery, much of it intensely personal, melancholic and even surreal.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
