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Categories: Painting
Relevant passages:
Christine Buci-Glucksmann «From the carthopraphic View to the Virtual»
Jasper Johns
«Map»
Jasper Johns' paintings in the 1960s depict «commonplace, two-dimensional subjects such as flags, targets, maps, numbers, and letters of the alphabet. He was able to raise these objects to the level of icons through his paint handling and manipulation of surface texture (...). In their willful and ironic banality and their rejection of emotional expression, these early works were a radical departure from the then-dominant Abstract Expressionist style. Johns's unabashed depiction of commonplace emblems and objects was emulated by many Pop art artists.»
Source: Webpage Museum of Modern Art, New York
