Jasper Johns: Flag.POP ART Johns helped to lay the groundwork for Pop Art, a 20th century movement that used images from advertising, newspapers, and popular culture. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COUNT THE STARS When Johns created "Flag" in 1954, there were only 48 states. Ask students: How are the stars different now? TEXTURE The flag looks smooth from a distance, but it's actually rough and textured to the touch. That's because Johns used layers of quick-drying wax paint called encaustic encaustic, painting medium in which the binder for the pigment is wax or wax and resin. Examples of encaustic tomb portraits from Roman Egypt bear witness to the durability of the medium, which is thought to have been widely used in ancient times. . Have children compare the painting's rough texture with the evenly spaced stripes and stars of an actual American flag. DREAMS OF GLORY At 24, Johns destroyed all his artwork, hoping to start fresh. "I dreamt one night I painted the flag of America. The next day I did it," he said. He went on to render many images of Old Glory. AMERICAN STORIES Under the surface of the paint, Johns collaged headlines and stories clipped from newspapers. These can be dimly seen through brush strokes Brush Strokes was an Esmonde and Larbey sitcom set in South London and depicting the (mostly) amorous adventures of a good-looking, wisecracking house painter, Jacko (Karl Howman). in the white stripes, signifying the way our simple flag represents the lives of many individuals. Ask children: Why do the clippings help to do this? meet the artist Born in 1930, in Augusta, Georgia, Jasper Johns Noun 1. Jasper Johns - United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930) Johns began drawing at the age of three and never stopped. He moved to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in 1953 to pursue his career as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker. There he met painter Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Milton Ernest Rauschenberg (b. October 22 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas) is an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract , who would become a close friend and influence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, who were creating emotional, abstract works of art, Johns worked with everyday objects such as flags, targets, numbers, letters, and maps. By using familiar objects in his paintings, Johns drew attention away from the subject and toward the process of making art. He didn't want us to see "Flag" as a painting "of something" but rather as something in itself. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Red, white, and you! An easy-to-do flag art workshop. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Have students clip words and phrases Words and Phrases® A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present. from newspapers to tell their stories: their names, ages, hobbies, and dreams. Paste these clippings to the board. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Create thick, textured paint by mixing powdered red tempera tempera (tĕm`pərə), painting method in which finely ground pigment is mixed with a solidifying base such as albumen, fig sap, or thin glue. , water, and corn meal into a paste. Use the paste to paint seven red stripes across the board. Then paint a thin layer of white between the red stripes. The newspaper clippings will bleed Printing at the very edge of the paper. Many laser printers, including all LaserJets up to the 11x17" 4V, cannot print to the very edge, leaving a border of approximately 1/4". In commercial printing, bleeding is generally more expensive, because wider paper is often used, which is later through. 3. Sponge-paint 50 white stars on the blue paper. 4. Paste the star-covered blue paper to the upper-left corner of the flag. Then, invite students to share their stories. MATERIALS * 16" X 24" poster or tag board, one per child * newspapers * scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends * glue sticks * powdered red tempera * corn meal * brushes * white tempera * 8-1/2" X 9-1/4" blue construction paper, one per child * sponges cut into 1" stars [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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