Criticism of Jasper Johns

1. Criticism of Jasper Johns Title: Numbers in Color Media: Encaustic + Newspaper on Canvas Date: 1958- 1959

2. Some of the noticeable things of the title is that it is made up of numbers and colors. • The artwork does not have any space between the numbers nor have different sizes. • It has rough brush strokes and the lines are not straight. • The techniques he used is encaustic + newspaper on canvas/ the hot wax had a shiny texture. Description

3. Focal Point: No real focal point you see. • It does have balance because it has pattern throughout the whole artwork piece, made from numbers and colors. • The proportions are ideal because they have no different sizes between them. • The path is regularly like reading a book from left to right and top to bottom. • The art piece is united by the shapes, colors, and sizes really because they are repeating throughout the whole piece. Analysis

4. I believe that the numbers and the colors mean the people in family and/ or people in the world but I’m not sure. • I think he was feeling a bit exaggerated or excited when he thought of the idea. • This artwork reminds me of this movie with a boy scrapping so many numbers on the doors and desks. • Since in the art piece there is a variety of numbers and colors, in the world there is a lot of different races and size of people. Interpretation

5. The successful part were the colors being spreaded around the numbers and the piece. • This artwork may be Encaustic + Newspaper on Canvas. • The artwork is not the most unique piece of artwork because it just has numbers and colors really. • What can help this piece of art better is to have more symbols and people or at least living organisms. • It was successful because it became famous. Judgment