Life of Jasper Johns

The life's work of an artist who has had a profound influence on American art was featured in this, the first full retrospective of Jasper Johns's work since 1977. Included in this comprehensive chronological survey were more than 225 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures. These works, many from private collections including Johns's own, span more than forty years; a number of the recent images had never before been shown publicly. Johns's art unites mastery, mystery, simplicity, and …showed first 75 words of 285 total…

…showed last 75 words of 285 total…of other artists and with autobiography, was chronicled through individual paintings, pairs, and groups of works. The four reunited Seasons paintings (1985–86) offered an allegory of the artist's life up to 1986. Concluding the show were two new, monumental canvases from 1994 and 1995 that seem to synthesize a densely layered, dreamlike reflection on the four decades of this most remarkable, and consistently influential, career. The exhibition was organized by Kirk Varnedoe, Chief Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture.