Jasper Johns: Works for Audience

Jasper Johns (b. 1930), widely regarded as one of America's most iconic artists, has produced a radical and varied body of work marked by constant reinvention over the past 65 years. This innovative retrospective book, inspired by the artist's long-standing fascination with mirroring and doubles, provides an original and exciting perspective on Johns's work and its continued relevance.

Featuring a diverse group of curators, academics, artists, and writers, the book offers a series of essays, including many paired texts, that consider various aspects of the artist's work, such as recurring motifs, explorations of place, and use of a wide array of media. These include Carroll Dunham on nightmares, Ruth Fine on monotypes and working proofs, Michio Hayashi on Japan, Terrance Hayes on flags, and Colm Toíbín on dreams, among many others.

The various themes are further explored in a series of in-depth plate sections that combine prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures to draw new connections in Johns's vast output. Accompanying "mirroring" exhibitions held simultaneously at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this lavishly illustrated volume features a selection of rarely published works along with never-before-published archival content, allowing readers to engage with and understand the artist's rich and varied body of work in new and meaningful ways.

Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this book presents an innovative retrospective look at the work of one of America's most influential artists, Jasper Johns, utilizing the concepts of mirroring and doubling that have long preoccupied him. With its diverse array of perspectives and in-depth exploration of the artist's vast and varied output, this volume is full of revelations that invite readers to discover and appreciate Johns's enduring legacy in new and profound ways.

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