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Jasper Johns: 2020 Retrospective at The Whitney

Asa Shatkin 2021-06-01T14:54:31-04:00 May 2nd, 2019|

One of the things that set Jasper Johns apart from his contemporaries like Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstien was Johns' lack of art training, and even the absence of exposure to art as a child. Abandoned by his parents after their divorce, he was raised by his Aunt Gladys in rural South Carolina. "In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in."

Jasper Johns: No Explanation Needed
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Jasper Johns: No Explanation Needed

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Jasper Johns: No Explanation Needed

Asa Shatkin 2021-06-01T16:13:34-04:00 June 21st, 2018|

At age 88, Jasper Johns has remained one of America's most prominent living artists. He lives, and works, in his home in Sharon, Connecticut. Target, 1961, Jasper Johns, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisPhoto: Ken Lund, July 14, 2018 (CC BY-SA 2.0) Johns has been making his mark on the art world for more than [...]

Ernie Barnes
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Ernie Barnes

American Modernism, Artists, Private, Regionalism

Ernie Barnes

Asa Shatkin 2022-10-31T15:43:03-04:00 November 26th, 2021|

Ernest Barnes was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1938. His father was a shipping clerk and his mother a housekeeper for attorney Frank L. Fuller Jr.

Kenneth Noland

Asa Shatkin 2022-09-21T12:24:33-04:00 November 26th, 2021|

Kenneth Noland was an American painter. He was one of the best-known American Color Field painters, although in the 1950s he was thought of as an abstract expressionist and in the early 1960s he was thought of as a minimalist painter. Noland helped establish the Washington Color School movement.

Hughie Lee-Smith
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Hughie Lee-Smith

American Modernism, Artists, Contemporary, Private

Hughie Lee-Smith

Asa Shatkin 2022-09-21T12:23:26-04:00 November 26th, 2021|

Hughie Lee-Smith an African-American artist, born in Eustis, Florida in 1915. In 1938, he graduated with honors from the Cleveland School of Art and worked for the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration, creating paintings that focused on social justice and racial equality.

Sam Francis
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Sam Francis

American Modernism, Artists, Contemporary, Private

Sam Francis

Asa Shatkin 2022-09-21T12:18:50-04:00 November 26th, 2021|

Samuel Lewis Francis was born in San Mateo, California in 1923. His father was a mathematics professor, his mother was a pianist. Francis attended San Mateo High School.

Alfred Jensen
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Alfred Jensen

American Modernism, Artists, Contemporary

Alfred Jensen

Asa Shatkin 2021-12-14T09:09:35-05:00 November 23rd, 2021|

Alfred Jensen was a well-traveled Guatemalan-American artist, whose eclectic works reflect his interest in such diverse topics as physics, color theory, astronomy and Chinese history.

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Jasper Johns

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Jasper Johns

Asa Shatkin 2021-10-08T09:04:52-04:00 June 16th, 2016|

Jasper Johns is a master American painter and printmaker, whose work and ideas bridged the gap between the Dada and Post-impressionist movements.

Norman Lewis
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Norman Lewis

American Modernism, Artists, Contemporary, Private

Norman Lewis

Asa Shatkin 2022-10-31T15:37:27-04:00 November 26th, 2021|

Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter, scholar and teacher, who used his art and his teaching to focus on black urban life and his community’s struggles.