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Jasper Johns

About the Artist

Note: a brief biography on the artist, contextualized with his life-long relationship to and appreciation of Japanese culture.

Jasper Johns was born in 1930 in Augusta, Georgia, and grew up in South Carolina. After three semesters studying art at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, he moved to New York City in late 1948. His engagement with the city’s burgeoning art scene was interrupted when Johns was drafted into the military.  

Returning to Japan in 1964, and making frequent visits to the country, he exhibited extensively at Minami Gallery, Tokyo, throughout the 1960s and 70s. By 1979, Johns embarked on a series of paintings, drawings, and prints, titled Usuyuki—meaning “thin or light snow” and inspired by Japanese culture and Kabuki theater. A selection of these Usuyuki works were featured in the gallery’s 2019 presentation, Jasper Johns: Usuyuki, at Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo. Johns has been the subject of several major retrospective exhibitions in Japan, including: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective 

Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980; photograph by Katy Martin https://www.katymartin.net/

(Whitney Museum, New York, 1977-78; traveled to The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1978), Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986; traveled to three venues in Japan in 1988); The Jasper Johns Print Exhibition (Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1990); and Jasper Johns: A Retrospective (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1996–97; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1997).

Jasper Johns: Eyes in the Persistence of Form is currently on view at Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo, September 11 through October 16, 2021.

Jasper Johns: Eyes in the Persistence of Form
Fergus McCaffrey Tokyo

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Jasper Johns & Japan: A Timeline

Jasper Johns was born on May 15, 1930, in Augusta, Georgia, and raised in rural South Carolina. In 1947, he attended the University of South Carolina, Columbia…
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ジャスパー・ジョーンズと日本:略年譜

1930年5月15日、ジョージア州オーガスタに生まれたジャスパー・ジョーンズは、サウスカロライナ州の田舎に育つ。47年、同州コロンビアのサウスカロライナ大学に入学。
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Screening Online
Katy Martin, Hanafuda/Jasper Johns, 1979-81 (with Japanese subtitles)

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Installation Images

Watch—Jasper Johns: Usuyuki
Fergus McCaffrey Tokyo, 2019

Archival Images

Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin
Jasper Johns at Simca Print Artists, New York, 1980
Photograph by Katy Martin

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Jasper Johns: Usuyuki (2019)
By Roberta Bernstein

Bilingual: English, Japanese
Published by Fergus McCaffrey

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