Jasper Johns Double Retrospective Opening at The Whitney and Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art will showcase a joint retrospective on the legendary American artist, Jasper Johns. Having first come onto the scene in the 1950s, a decade marked by the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, Johns did not discard representation like his contemporaries, but rather subverted everyday signs and symbols through an encaustic technique that blends pigment and melted wax. His seminal American "Flag" painting served as a precursor to ...