Jasper Johns vs. Willem de Kooning
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jasper Johns
1930 – present
Jasper Johns is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. Considered a central figure in the development of American postwar art, he has been variously associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art movements.
"What is meant by "the representation of space"? What distinguishes one representation from another? Does this mean "how does one see that one thing is not anoth…"
Willem de Kooning
1904 – 1997
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962.
"I had my own eyes, but I wasn't always looking in the right direction. I was certainly in need of a helping hand at times. Now I feel like Manet who said, "Yes,…"
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