Title: Figuring Jasper Johns /
Authors: Orton, Fred
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Johns, Jasper, Criticism and interpretation.; Johns, Jasper, Philosophy.; Deconstruction.
Abstract: The matter of meaning, for painter and viewer alike, is crucial to this book, a deeply felt and richly considered attempt to come to terms with one of the most challenging artists of our day. An illuminating look at an enigmatic painter, Figuring Jasper Johns also provides a way of approaching American art of the 1950s and 1960s.