Jasper Johns. Target with Four Faces. 1955 | MoMA In the mid-1950s Johns incorporated symbols such as numbers, flags, maps, and targets into his paintings Here, he transforms the familiar image of a target into a tangible object by building up the surface with wax encaustic
Target with Four Faces (1955) by Jasper Johns - The Artchive The piece features a shooting target motif painted in encaustic on canvas, crowned with four miniature plaster casts of the lower half of the same model’s face enclosed in a small wooden box with a hinged lid
Jasper Johns. Target with Four Faces. 1955 | MoMA Cara Manes: This is Jasper Johns's Target With Four Faces from 1955 You'll immediately recognize its subject: the alternating bands of color, the concentric circles, even a bull's eye In fact, Johns described the Target as something that “the mind already knows ”
Jasper Johns | Target with Four Faces | Whitney Museum of American Art Narrator: To make this work, Johns transposed the image of a target directly onto the canvas, and crowned it with four faces cast from life At the time, the art world was largely dominated by abstract painters Their work was promoted as being deeply expressive, and completely original
“Target with Four Faces” by Jasper Johns – Artistry in Aim Jasper Johns’ Target with Four Faces is an iconic artwork that epitomizes the artist’s groundbreaking approach to American modern art Created in 1955, this seminal piece showcases Johns’ fascination with everyday symbols and his exploration of the boundaries between representation and abstraction
Target with Four Faces, 1958 by Jasper Johns The image of the target emerges in Johns work in 1955, in paintings that incorporate frieze like arrangements of plaster casts taken from parts of the body Target with Four Faces is one of the serie paintings and drawings of the target image from 1958 to 1961
Target with Four Faces (1955): Jasper Johns’ Intriguing Work Target with Four Faces exemplifies Jasper Johns’ exploration of the new possibilities for painting Playing with subject matter, symbolism and different techniques, Johns was able to create this engaging, unsettling and thought provoking composition
Target with Four Faces | Whitney Museum of American Art Narrator: To make this work, Johns transposed the image of a target directly onto the canvas, and crowned it with four faces cast from life At the time, the art world was largely dominated by abstract painters Their work was promoted as being deeply expressive, and completely original
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