Flag
Flag
Artist
Jasper Johns
(born 1930)
Date1983
MediumEncaustic on silk flag on canvas
Dimensions11 5/8 × 17 1/2 in. (29.5 × 44.5 cm)
Framed: 22 1/2 in. × 28 in. × 3 5/8 in.
Framed: 22 1/2 in. × 28 in. × 3 5/8 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2014.27
Signedverso: [signed] 1983
Accession number
2014.27
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextJasper Johns returned to symbols, like flags, continuously over decades. Like contemporary artist Carla Edwards (whose work Bonfire is on view nearby) , Johns used the US flag as both a subject and material. Here, he adhered a flag to the canvas and layered pigment mixed with wax over the surface. This mixture both thickened and emphasized each brushstroke used to paint Flag. Johns claims that his work is not a nationalistic commentary but a study of painting itself.
Durante décadas, Jasper Johns regresó constantemente a trabajar con símbolos, como las banderas. Al igual que la artista contemporánea Carla Edwards (cuya obra, Fogata, se exhibe cerca), Johns utilizó la bandera estadounidense como tema y también como material. En esta obra, adhirió una bandera al lienzo y aplicó pigmento mezclado con cera sobre la superficie, lo que espesaba y acentuaba cada pincelada realizada en Bandera. Johns afirmaba que su obra no es un comentario nacionalista, sino un estudio de la pintura en sí misma.
