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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Flags
Work_PrefTitle
Flags
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Detail, green and orange flag with white dot at center
Image_Title
Detail, green and orange flag with white dot at center
Image View
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Creator:
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Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
Agent_Display
Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States)
Location
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Location Note:
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Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
Work_LocationNotes
Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
Location Note
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Date:
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1965 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1965 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
painting (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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Oil on canvas with raised canvas
Work_MaterialDisplay
Oil on canvas with raised canvas
Material
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
Work_Technique
oil painting (technique)
Technique
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Measurements:
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6 ft (height) x 4 ft (width)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
6 ft (height) x 4 ft (width)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); afterimage; optical illusion; flag
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); afterimage; optical illusion; flag
Subjects
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Description:
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In "Flags" Johns takes advantage of the optical illusion of an afterimage. Two rectangles are painted on a gray background. The top one has black stars against an orange background; the stripes are black and green. There's a tiny white dot on one of the green stripes. Below this rectangle is another one, all gray. If you focus your eyes on the dot, you start to see red and blue on the flag that's painted in gray below, because green and red are complementary colors; so are orange and blue. In an afterimage, persistent exposure to a given color causes the retina to become 'tired" of that color. The retina subsequently removes that color. When the color stimulus is removed and the eye is exposed to white light, then the complementary color is perceived for a brief period of time. It produces a second flag that, for all intents and purposes, is not there. (Source: National Public Radio [website]; www.npr.org)
Work_Description_Sou rce
In "Flags" Johns takes advantage of the optical illusion of an afterimage. Two rectangles are painted on a gray background. The top one has black stars against an orange background; the stripes are black and green. There's a tiny white dot on one of the green stripes. Below this rectangle is another one, all gray. If you focus your eyes on the dot, you start to see red and blue on the flag that's painted in gray below, because green and red are complementary colors; so are orange and blue. In an afterimage, persistent exposure to a given color causes the retina to become 'tired" of that color. The retina subsequently removes that color. When the color stimulus is removed and the eye is exposed to white light, then the complementary color is perceived for a brief period of time. It produces a second flag that, for all intents and purposes, is not there. (Source: National Public Radio [website]; www.npr.org)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A1-JOHNS-SRT-GYF-A0 2
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-JOHNS-SRT-GYF-A0 2
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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