![]() “Johns’ work is central to understanding contemporary American art. However, according to Broad spokesman Lauren Girard, the museum will actually be presenting their own iteration of the London retrospective, with significant works unique to their presentation. "It has a lean curatorial staff but the back-end expertise and the art-world clout needed to secure first-rate loans." "Hosting traveling shows makes sense for the Broad," according to Finkel. She also cites the Broad's forthcoming Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Rooms” survey, which originated at Washington D.C.'s the Hirshhorn Museum. "Now the museum’s commitment to hosting traveling exhibitions from other institutions to refresh its own program is becoming clearer," Finkel writes. dinner party question: what exactly does the Broad plan to do with itself, beyond exhibiting Eli and Edythe Broad's (unquestionably first-rate) collection. To New York Times art writer Jori Finkel, the newly announced exhibit signals a potential answer to a favorite L.A. The New York Times reports that the Broad will be the exhibit's sole U.S. The exhibit will be mounted in collaboration with London's Royal Academy of Arts, where a similar retrospective will be on view from late September through early December 2017. The exhibition will trace the evolution of the artist’s six-decade career through a series of thematic chapters, according to a statement from the Broad. since the artist's seminal 1965 Pasadena Museum of Art exhibition. The exhibit will be the first major retrospective of Johns' work ever shown in L.A., and the first Johns' survey show in L.A. Johns, who is considered one of the most important living artists, is a painter, sculptor and printmaker best-known for his flag paintings. Jasper Johns, “Something Resembling Truth, Feb 10 – at The Broad.Los Angeles' Broad Museum has announced plans to host a sweeping Jasper Johns exhibit early next year. The Broad will also be launching a diverse slate of public programming to be presented in conjunction with the show. on the first Thursday of every month during the exhibition’s run (so, for the calendar-challenged, that would be Mar. In celebration of this rare opportunity to consider Johns’ entire career in depth, The Broad will host free First Thursdays with free standby admission to the special exhibition from 4-7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, free for children 17 and under, and will include same-day general admission for The Broad’s third floor galleries. “In the Studio”, “Fragments and Faces”, “Seasons and Cycles”, “Time and Transience” are some of the other themes that cleverly thread together John’s long-ranging, inventive, revolutionary and influential career which impacted such disparate artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari and Sherrie Levine, among others. The American flag paintings are huddled in the first room, starting the show off with a loud bang and it only gathers momentum from there: here, are all the typography works there, the found materials collages another space holds the targets. Organized thematically, early and late works are grouped together showing the artist’s evolution through their juxtaposition. Tracing the evolution of the artist’s wide-ranging practice through a series of thematic chapters, the show stretches across the full range of Johns’ materials, motifs and techniques-including his unique use of encaustic (heated beeswax) and found-material collage in paintings-and the innovations he has achieved in sculpture and the graphic arts by expanding the possibilities of traditional media. ![]() ![]() Even a quick turn through the galleries, a glimpse of which is captured here, is enough to understand Johns influence on art. Whether you’re just getting acquainted with John’s work or are a long-time fan, this show, the first full survey in more than a half century, which includes more than 120 pieces from public and private collections is, as Broad director Joanne Heyler, the host co-curator of the show alongside Associate Curator Ed Schad, accurately summed up, “transcendent”. The exhibition title is taken from a 2006 interview in which Johns said, “Yet, one hopes for something resembling truth, some sense of life, even of grace, to flicker, at least, in the work.” Here hope burns bright. This is made even more urgent given the fact that this is the show’s only U.S. If there was ever a reason to design a trip to Los Angeles between now and mid-May, the new exhibition at the Broad Museum, “Something Resembling Truth”, a retrospective of Jasper John’s work, presented in collaboration with The Royal Academy, London, would be it. True Blue – Jasper Johns At The Broad Author: Abigail Stone ![]()
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