Curator Ian Alteveer on Jasper Johns.
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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
How to find meaning in Jasper Johns' White Flag
"As I warmed up to this work, I realized that a work can be inscrutable and you can still love it."
Ian Alteveer
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Ian Alteveer
Aaron I. Fleischman Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
Aaron I. Fleischman Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art
Photography by Karin L. Willis
Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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Jasper Johns
1955