Slow Field

by Jasper Johns

Artist Jasper Johns (USA, född 1930)

Alternate Title

Fält i långsamt tempo

Date1962

MediumOil on canvas, assemblage

DimensionsBildmått: 181 × 90 cm Ram: 184,5 × 92,8 × 6,5 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 1963 with contribution from Inez Leander

Countries

United States

Object NumberNM 5718

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkFast, expressive brush strokes on a raw canvas - traces of an artist's temperament - tie Slow Fields to the individualistic style of abstract expressionism. But a paintbrush is hanging matter-of-factly on a hook in the right-hand corner: the tool of painting. The lettering draws our attention to the relationship between language and image: "red", "yellow", "blue" - should it be seen or read? We can choose either, and this links Johns to the 1970s conceptual artists. Jasper Johns has often been mentioned as a predecessor of Pop Art.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks På dukens baksida: SLOW FIELD J. Johns '62, Två etiketter på dukens baksida: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Artist Jasper Johns Title SLOW FIELD Date 1962 Catalogue No 91 Lender Moderna Museet Exhibition Jasper Johns 10/18/77 - oläsligt/22/78 LEO CASTELLI Selected exhibition history Pop Art & Nouveau Réalisme, ur samlingarna (1991-1992) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Efterkrigstid till 1970-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Önskemuseet (1963-1964) Moderna Museet, Stockholm SPEKTAKULÄRA TIDER 60-talet ur Moderna Museets samling (den 26 december 2009 - den 27 februari 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Pop Art & Nouveau realisme : ur Moderna Museets samlingar : Moderna Museet 26.12.1991 - 09.08.1992Önskemuseet : the museum of our wishes : notre musée tel qu´il devrait être : museum unserer wünsche : [utställning i Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 26 december 1963 - 16 februari 1964] / ordnad av Moderna Museets Vänner

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