Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch : inspiration and transformation
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Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch : inspiration and transformation
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Yale University Press in partnership with the Munch Museum, c2016
- : hardback : Yale
- : Munch Museum
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Catalogue of the exhibition, held at Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway, June 18-Sept. 25, 2016 and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Nov. 19, 2016-Feb. 20, 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index
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A rich study exploring the connections, creative processes, and themes shared by two world- renowned artists
At a crucial point midway through his career, American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns (b. 1930) looked to the art of Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) for inspiration. Munch's innovative working methods and defining themes of love, anxiety, illness, and death infused Johns's work with new meaning, allowing him a broadened range of expression that propelled his return to recognizable imagery after a decade of abstraction.
This groundbreaking publication is the first to describe precisely how and when Johns began to explore Munch's imagery and ideas. At the same time, it takes a comprehensive view of each artist's career, giving readers a deeper understanding of Johns's connection to his predecessor. Through new scholarship and copious illustration, Ravenal makes the persuasive case that Munch should be considered one of the catalysts for the sea change that occurred in Johns's art of the early 1980s.
Published in association with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Exhibition Schedule:
Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
(06/18/16-09/25/16)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
(11/19/16-02/20/17)
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