2. PRESENTATION’S
PLAN
I – JASPER JOHNS, WHO IS HE ?
• A few words about the artist
• His influences
• His major works
II – FOCUS ON TWO PIECES OF HIS WORK
• « Flag » 1954-55
• « False Start » 1959
3. A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THE ARTIST AND HIS
INFLUENCES
• Born in 1930, in Georgia
• Grew up in South Carolina
• American contemporary artist
• Famous for his series of paintings
(Flag, Target, Number)
• Meeting with Robert Rauschenberg in
New York City
• Influenced by Marcel Duchamp and
an Austrian philosopher, Ludwig
Wittgenstein