Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Target
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Target
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Jasper Johns (American painter, born 1930)
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Location:
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repository: Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, United States) 2015.119
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Location Note:
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Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' (Exhibition, February 10-May 13, 2018)
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Date:
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1961 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint; encaustic; newspaper on canvas
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Technique:
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encaustic painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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66 in (height) x 66 in (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); graphics; bulls-eye
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Description:
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In the mid-1950s Jasper Johns was searching for a way to move beyond Abstract Expressionism. He took the radical step of destroying his previous work and began painting a set of motifs that included numbers, the American flag, and the alphabet. These instantly recognizable images allowed him to reintroduce subject matter into his work, freeing him to explore other painterly concerns. One of the found images that Johns employed was the target, and from 1955 to 1961 the artist produced several dozen paintings and drawings that explored this device. The artist’s use of oil and encaustic (pigment mixed with hot wax) created a quick-drying medium that recorded each drag and drip of the brush in almost sculptural terms. (Source: Art Institute of Chicago [website]; http://www.artic.edu/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-JOHNS-SRT-T61-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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