Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns
Jasper Johnsis an American painter and printmaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth15 May 1930
CityAugusta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
balls use boards
Put a lot of paint & a wooden ball or other object on a board. Push to the other end of the board. Use this in a painting. - ruler on board.
ideas may painting
There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.
self-esteem self description
To me, self-description is a calamity.
way looks ought
A picture ought to be looked at the same way you look at a radiator.
feelings want exposure
I don't want my work to be an exposure of my feelings.
want way cubism
Cubism is an anatomical chart of a way of seeing external objects. But I want to confuse the meaning of the act of looking.
truth seems artificial
Whatever I do seems artificial and false, to me.
mind consciousness intention
Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life.
trying way
I am just trying to find a way to make pictures.
strong perfection not-strong
I am not strong on perfection.
drawing love-drawings enjoyed
I love drawings, so I've always enjoyed making drawings that exist on their own.
simple
It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.
strong ambition thinking
I would like to have insights into things like government, all those big ideas that you brought up that I simply don't have ideas about. I would like to be able to since so many people discuss them, but I don't want to work at them. I don't think my ambition is that strong in that direction.
course interpret picture work
Everyone is of course free to interpret the work in his own way. I think seeing a picture is one thing and interpreting it is another.