A critical analysis of the work of American artist Jasper Johns in which the author links the symbolism in Johns's paintings to critical events in his life, including his mother's abandonment of her family and his father's subsequent withdrawal and alcoholism.
Examines the artist's output in paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings and presents his career from the beginnings of Pop Art to the work he is producing today.
Discusses the work of Jasper Johns, an American artist in the 1950s and 1960s, and analyzes three of his paintings, and how he uses opposition between surface and subject, describes their private and public meanings, and develops a visual language.
Presents full color reproductions of sixty-nine works by Jasper Johns, a twentieth-century artist associated with both the Abstract Expressionist and Pop movements, and includes text discussing his life, career, and influence on modern American art.
