Jasper Johns: Gray - Softcover

Rondeau, James; Druick, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865592241 ISBN 13: 9780865592247

Publisher: Art Inst of Chicago Museum Shop, 2007

Synopsis

Jasper Johns (b. 1930), one of today's most acclaimed and influential artists, is rarely considered in relation to monochromatic art. Yet single-colour experimentations have figured prominently in his productions since 1955, and within that significant subset of his work, the majority of monochromes are grey. In fact, every one of his iconic, serialized forms has been articulated in grey. This elegant book, spanning Johns' full career, examines this singular preoccupation, presenting a revolutionary new understanding of and appreciation for the artist as an accomplished tonalist. Johns' greys traverse an infinitely expressive spectrum of differentiated hues and values evident in the new photography expressly commissioned for this catalogue. The volume features paintings, sculptures, drawings, lithographs, silkscreens, etchings, and aquatints created in a wide array of grey media: oil and acrylic paint, encaustic, collage, Sculp-metal, aluminum, lead, silver, graphite, pastel, watercolo

About this title

About the Author:

James Rondeau is Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago. Dieter Roelstraet is a Dutch writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Art Inst of Chicago Museum Shop
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0865592241
• ISBN 13: 9780865592247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320