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Levinger, Esther – Visible Language, 1989
States that the painted words in Jasper Johns' art act in two different capacities: concealed words partake in the artist's interrogation of visual perception; and visible painted words question classical representation. Argues that words are Johns' means of critiquing modernism. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art History, Art Products, Modernism