Jasper Johns' Painted Words.

Levinger, Esther

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ERIC Number: EJ414676

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Jasper Johns' Painted Words.

Levinger, Esther

Visible Language, v23 n2-3 p280-95 Spr-Sum 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, Painting (Visual Arts), Semiotics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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