Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint

Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint

1989 · 90 min · Documentary

In the late 1950's, Jasper Johns emerged as force in the American art scene. His richly worked paintings of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism toward a new emphasis on the concrete

Directed by Rick Tejada-Flores

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