WATER MILL, NY (PNAN) – Going on view Sunday, April 24, 2022 at the Parrish Art Museum, this exhibition, “An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints 1960-2018” includes some 70 works in intaglio, lithography, woodcut, linoleum cut, screen printing and lead relief, is comprehensive survey of the artist’s six-decade practice in printmaking, highlighting his experiments with familiar, abstract, and personal imagery that play with memory and visual perception in endlessly original ways.
“Johns’s innovations in printmaking is a major focus of his work for decades are unrivaled. An Art of Changes presents an in-depth investigation into his unique processes and the evolution of recurring themes throughout his career,” said Alicia G. Longwell, Ph.D., Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education. “We are thrilled to present this exhibition at the Parrish.”
When Johns’s paintings of flags and targets debuted in 1958, they brought him instant acclaim and established him as a critical link between Abstract Expressionism and Pop art.
In the ensuing 60 years, Johns (American, b. 1930) has continued to astonish viewers with the beauty and complexity of his paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints.
Organized in four thematic sections, the exhibition follows Johns through the years as he revises and recycles key motifs over time, including the American flag, numerals, and the English alphabet, which he describes as “things the mind already knows.” Some works explore artists’ tools, materials and techniques.
Others delve into signature aspects of Johns’s distinctive mark-making, including flagstones and hatch marks; later pieces teem with autobiographical imagery. To underscore Johns’s fascination with the changes that occur when an image is reworked in another medium, the prints will be augmented by a small selection of paintings and sculptures.
More on this exhibition and other programming at: www.parrishart.org. You can also contact Susan Galardi at 631.283.2118 ext 122 or email: galardis@parrishart.org.