Jasper John

Jasper Johns 1930 - Present Pop Art is a 20th century art movement that highlights the imagery and popular culture. Pop art developed in the late1950's as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism and flourished in the sixties and early seventies. Pop Art favored the everyday objects, such as burgers, comic strips and advertisements. Personal: Jasper Johns, raised in Allendale, South Carolina, has always wanted to be an artist since his earliest memories. He is known …

…history. In the late 1950's was when Jasper Johns emerged as a force in the American art scene. His richly worked paintings of the alphabet, maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism. Johns laid the groundwork for both Pop Art and Minimalism. Today, as his prints and paintings set record prices at auction, the meanings of his paintings, his imagery, and his changing style continue to be subjects of controversy.