“The painting of a flag is always about a flag, but it is no more about a flag than it is about a brushstroke or about a color or about the physicality of the paint.”

About Jasper Johns

Artist • American

Jasper Johns is a seminal American artist who rose to prominence in the 1950s. He is best known for his depictions of familiar objects such as flags, targets, and numbers, challenging traditional notions of...