白旗

Jasper Johns American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 920

《白旗》是琼斯的旗帜绘画系列中最大的一幅,也是以单色呈现旗帜的第一幅。蜡画这种迅速凝结的创作媒介使琼斯的每一笔触都独具特色,同时四十八颗星的旗面设计为丰富多变的表面提供了基本结构。《白旗》画在三块不同的帆布面上:星区、星区右上方的七道条纹和下面较长的六道条纹。琼斯把在溶化的蜂蜡里浸泡过的纸片和布片敷在画布上,形成星星、围绕星星的负空间和条纹。旗帜是琼斯最常绘画的题材之一,他曾说,这是一个由梦唤起的灵感,他在那个梦中看到自己在画美国国旗。与琼斯的其他早期主题一样,比如靶子、数字和字母等,旗帜的图像吸引琼斯是因为它已经存在了,琼斯不必将其虚构出来。从1955年开始,琼斯创作了数十幅旗帜作品,大小不一,色彩和材料各异。

White Flag, Jasper Johns (American, born Augusta, Georgia, 1930), Encaustic, oil, newsprint, and charcoal on canvas

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