His pure sculptures are of such quotidian items such as flashlights, which are sculpted first in wax, and layered with collaged elements such as newsprint before being cast in bronze. Johns has similarly explored these concepts through pure sculpture, and works which incorporate elements of both painting and sculpture. He would continue to mine the meanings of other such notable iconography as targets, numbers, and letters.
Lacking the gestural feel of the Abstract Expressionists, Johns let the associations of the flag come to inform the meaning of the work.
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Perhaps most famous among these are his series of American Flag paintings, which he began in 1954 after having a dream that he was painting an American flag. His work takes as its subject simple, easily recognizable icons rendered through such materials as encaustic and plaster. Johns is most closely associated with the Neo-Dada movement, and is often cited as a bridge between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Upon returning to New York in 1953, he befriended Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, and John Cage, all of whom would deeply influence Johns’ work. Johns studied at the Parsons School of Design for a semester upon arrival, before serving two years in the army during the Korean War.
He briefly studied at the University of South Carolina at Columbia before moving to New York in 1948. Jasper Johns was born on in Augusta, Georgia, and was raised in South Carolina.
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