It turns out Jasper Johns’s obsession with taking a single object and looking at it from every angle and variation is contagious. Thanks to the imagery in Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, I’m noticing targets:
Seeing bulls-eyes in sewer lids, gates, bikes, and more.
Numbers on houses and street signs, especially when stenciled, remind me of Johns’s multiple 0–9 series.
and flags everywhere:
Is that a crosswalk, or a flag? Stairs, or stripes?
And these examples were collected in just half an hour of walking around the neighborhood with a camera. I have a feeling that I’ll be seeing echoes of the Jasper Johns exhibition long after it leaves the Phillips in September.
Amy Wike, Publicity and Marketing Coordinator
