- Gebundene Ausgabe: 335 Seiten
- Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd (Oktober 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0500017360
- ISBN-13: 978-0500017364
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 16,5 x 3,6 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.040.567 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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An artist's private life is often reflected in his work. Frequently the private is made public, and often this connection makes the work more accessible and interesting. Critic Jill Johnston has taken on the task of exploring the life and work of Jasper Johns--that most private of contemporary artists--and has succeeded brilliantly. Johnston is not simply out to reveal Johns's gayness but to explore how his sexuality has shaped his life and work. Johnston's critical eye is unwavering, her ability to delineate political and social contexts is unnervingly on-target. The fact that Johns resisted Johnston's efforts at biography gives the book an underlying tension making it even more fascinating. Jasper Johns: Privileged Information is a fine, intelligent work of biography and criticism.
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Johnston, author of Secret Lives in Art (1994), believes that understanding the life of an artist enhances appreciation of their work, and her synthesis of biography and criticism in this sensitive reading of the enigmatic Johns proves her point. Johnston's quest for the personal in Johns' famously impersonal, surface-oriented, iconographic, and referential paintings began when she noticed a strange, nearly abstract figure concealed in the cross-hatchings of the series "The Seasons." Johns wouldn't discuss the image (and, in fact, refused Johnston permission to reproduce his work) but did acknowledge his fascination with Grunewald's renowned Isenheim Altarpiece. Johnston eventually figured out that Johns had appropriated a rather gruesome figure from Grunewald and hidden it within a great number of paintings. Wondering why, she researched Johns' troubled family history, then, moving into a larger arena, considered how being homosexual in an unaccepting world shaped the work of Johns and his peers, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. Johnston's analysis is insightful, meticulous, and illuminating, and Johns should be flattered, not offended. Donna Seaman
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Love Johns Hate the Book
29. Mai 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The deeper I got into this book, the more I disliked it. It is an invasion of privacy...of a person who has decided to try and remain as private and secluded as he can be (which, by the way, is his right to do). I did read with interest as she helped to unravel the complexity behind his paintings, but did not find any interest in her exploration of his deeply personal life. Besides, the author has a tendency to rant and ramble for whole chapters at a time, which I found tedious to say the least. I gave the book 2 stars because I did learn a few things about Johns. But I can't really recommend the book to anyone.
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One talent wasted besmirching another
19. April 2000
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
May we all live to see the day when the present fad of mixing up biography with criticism ends! Once again a critic (i.e., wannabe artist) does her best to soil the work of a truly creative artist by trying to impose her own notions of his life on his work. Or is it the other way around--imposing notions of the work onto the life? It hardly matters--the result is the same. Nothing of substance is said about either, and in the process of saying nothing, she drags in all kinds of ugliness. Of course all the while, the author is claiming to be a great admirer of Johns, even as she purveys her gossip and hearsay. Finally, as is usually the case with such psychographers, she's just revealing her own unsavory motives and hungering ego. The only reason I give the book two stars is that she's not a bad writer. Too bad she had to waste her talent on such a project.
Worth reading
23. Mai 2012
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I'm surprised by the vehemence of some of the reviewers here. It's as if they've never read any art criticism in the past 30 years. An artist's "private" life is never private especially if knowing more about him or her can improve our understanding of their work. Nonetheless, I do agree with the reviewers who dis the author for too much psychobabble. Although I'm certain that biography and psychology does inform Johns' work (and all other artists), like many reviewers Johnston is really just guessing in large parts of the book. As other reviewers here say, she does seem to lose track of her story occasionally. However these complaints notwithstanding, I do have to say that when she's on, she's on. She really brings a keen eye to interpreting much of his work, and doesn't lose herself to simply formal critique like many writers writing about Johns. She does a good job of addressing his relationship to other critics and the art market, which is interesting sociologically. And finally, although she certainly goes into too much depth regarding his various relatives, a good chunk of it is interesting and relevant.
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