Johns Overpainted Little Guys

My point in going to the Walker’s Every Jasper Johns Print collection yesterday was to figure out which prints Johns was using for the recent drawings he just debuted at Matthew Marks this week. Jasper Johns, Untitled, 2019, intaglio and chine collé, 37 1/2 x 26 3/4 in., AP 7/8, a gift from the artist The main two are Shrinky Dink 3, from 2011, which has this “[self-]portraits all the way down” quality to its various nested motifs, and Untitled (2019), in which a skull-wielding skeletal figure is surrounded by art-making stuff. The motifs in Shrinky Dink are layered, while in Untitled they are jumbled. [Of course, these are prints, so what they really are is meticulously constructed.] And the point here is, obviously, yes there are stick figures. detail of Jasper Johns Untitled, 2025, the all white one, acrylic on etching, with the lone stick figure and the stamp, love that, via Matthew Marks Or were. through the acrylic faintly: detail from Untitled, 2025, the white & green one, with…

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