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Jasper Johns' preoccupation (Part 2).(A Column)(Column)
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The American Poetry Review
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September 1, 2006| Author:
Yau, John
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"I am starting to believe that painting is a language." (1)
--Jasper Johns
IN MY PREVIOUS ESSAY ON JASPER JOHNS (see "Jasper Johns' Preoccupation" in APR, January/February 2006), when I stated that Jasper Johns has had a long preoccupation with the motif of a solid body submerged in, and partially surrounded by, liquid, I did not want to give the impression that he was able to bypass formal concerns by painting "maps" and other ready-mades. Just the opposite, in fac...
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