art movement
Pop art.
ASSIGNED ARTISt: jasper johns
Artist QUOTE
"I am not strong on perfection."
3 or more FACTS ABOUT THE ARTIST
1. Jasper johns had a difficult childhood.
2. Museum of Modern Art purchased four works from his first solo show.
3. His painting False Start is the most expensive painting by a living artist.
4. He was borin in agusta georgia.
5. He went to the university of south carolina.
2. Museum of Modern Art purchased four works from his first solo show.
3. His painting False Start is the most expensive painting by a living artist.
4. He was borin in agusta georgia.
5. He went to the university of south carolina.
PICTURE OF ARTWORK
Title: false start
Private collectors Anne and Kenneth Griffin bought Johns’ 1959 painting False Start for $80 million making it the most expensive painting by a living artist.
Year: 1959
False Start is an oil painting in which Jasper uses interlocking, varied patches of colors, all of which are named in the work.
Media
He used oil painting for this artwork.
Critical Analysis: Follow the worksheet guidelines. You must write the Critical Analysis in paragraph form. Answer two questions in each area.
the title of the art work is false start. the medium used is oil paint. the artist is jasper johns. it was mad in the year 1959.
red, yellow, white orange, green, blue, beige are used. there are warm color tones used also, there are primary and secondary colors used. it look as if they are scattered flowers. the artwork is abstract because o all the different shapes and strokes and the mixed colors. the artwork is unbalanced and asymmetrical. personally the mood i am in when i see this artwork is happy and warm because of the warm color tones and the brightness. the artwork is bright and happy yet abstract and complicated much like my own life. i look more in depth to the art worked and picked it apart piece by piece and found ways it reflected my mood. i like it a lot, it makes me happy and it is important to like the simple abstract things in life much like this artwork.