UJasper John, Iiflegi ezintathu, ngo-1958. IJordani Riefe Umhlaba ozayo uJasper Johns obuyela eWhitney awufanelekanga de kube ngu-2020, kodwa i-LA ifumana umsasazi noJasper Johns: Into ebonakalisa iNyaniso kuBanzi, evulwe ngoMeyi 13. Intsebenziswano neRoyal Academy yaseLondon, amanqaku abonisa umboniso Imizobo engama-120, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nemizobo ephawula owona mboniso mkhulu womsebenzi kaJohn owakhe waboniswa eCalifornia kunye nophando lokuqala lwemyuziyam apha ukusukela ngo-1965.
Ichazwe ziimpawu ezenzeka kuwo wonke umzimba wakhe womsebenzi, kubandakanya iithagethi kunye namanani, umsebenzi kaJohn waqala ngawo Iflegi , eyathi yadala inguquko xa yavela ngo-1958. Ubugcisa behlabathi babuphantse balishumi ubunzulu kwi-Abstract Expressionism xa lo mfanekiso we-3,5 x 5-unyawo wenkwenkwezi kunye nemivumbo yavela kwigalari yaseLeo Castelli. Kwisiqalo esihle, uJohns wathengisa imizobo emithathu (iithagethi ezimbini kunye nenani), kuAlfred Barr, umlawuli osungula iMoMA. Kwaxelwa ukuba imyuziyam ifuna ukuthenga Iflegi kodwa babekhathazekile yindlela yayo yezopolitiko. 
Umbono wofakelo lwe'Jasper Johns: Into Ebonisa Inyaniso. 'IJordani Riefe
I-MoMA yayixhalabile ukuba iflegi iya kubonakala njengentsingiselo enzima ngaphakathi eMelika ngelo xesha, ukuba abantu babeza kudideka malunga nokuba yintoni eyenziwa nguJohns njengesenzo sokuthand 'izwe okanye ngokuchaseneyo, umququzeleli womboniso uEd Schad uxelele uMqwalaseli malunga inzame zemyuziyam zokufumana umsebenzi ngokubuza umyili wezakhiwo, uPhilip Johnson (owayekade edityaniswa ne-MoMA), ukuba awuthenge ngokuqonda ukuba ekugqibeleni uza kungena kwingqokelela yawo.
Umzobi uBilly Al Bengston, omnye weengcali zase-LA zeFerus Gallery Cool School ezibandakanya uEd Ruscha, uJohn Altoon, uLarry Bell nabanye, baqala ukubona umsebenzi kaJohn eVenice Biennale ngo-1958. Ndabona uJasper Johns ’ Iflegi kwaye kwakuphelele apho. Andizange ndibone nantoni na ekhangeleka njengobugcisa eVenice emva koko, wakhumbula kuMbukeli. Kuphela nje ukuba kwakucace gca ebusweni bakho. Babengenguye ikuku. 
Umbono wofakelo lwe'Jasper Johns: Into Ebonisa Inyaniso. 'IJordani Riefe
Echongwe njengoNeo-Dada ngelo xesha, imisebenzi yeli xesha kamva yabuyiselwa iProto-Pop njengoko amashumi amathandathu angena kuhlobo olutsha lobugcisa. Into yobugcisa be pop ... Ndaziva ngathi amagcisa ayenxulunyaniswa nawo yayingamagcisa awayekhathazekile ngenxa yethoni yobugcisa eyayisenziwa ngelo xesha, eyayiyi-Abstract Expressionism, uEd Ruscha uxelele i-Braganca. Ndicinga ukuba la magcisa ayeziva ngathi akukho gumbi ngaphakathi kuloo ndawo-Ukuchazwa okungabonakaliyo kunye nepeyinti engabonakaliyo. Kwakukho igumbi elincinci kakhulu lokuhamba ngaphakathi kuba abantu abaninzi babeyihlasele kwaye bayisombulula. Uxelele abaphulaphuli ekuvulekeni komboniso ukuba umbono wakhe wokuqala kaJohns Iflegi wavuthela iinwele zakhe.
UJohn wagxila kwinto awayeyibiza ngokuba yinto esele iyaziwa yingqondo. Oko yayingekokuphendula nje kwi-Abstract Expressionism, kodwa yayijolise ekuxhokonxeni ababukeli ukuba babuze imibono echanekileyo. Umbhalo kunye namanani adlale indima enkulu, echaphazela abaculi abalandelayo abanjengoRuscha, uJohn Baldessari, uRoy Lichtenstein nabanye.
Ukuba uJohn upeyinta igama elibomvu etyheli, njengoko wenzayo ngo-1959 Ukuqala ngokuxoka , iyenza bomvu okanye tyheli? Yindibaniselwano edibanisa ubuncinci kuMarcel Duchamp kunye nokusebenzisa kwakhe izinto ezifunyenweyo kunye ne-readymades, okanye kwa-Rene Magritte, Ubuqhophololo beMifanekiso Ineli binzana ayiyombhobho ebhalwe phantsi kwento engeyiyo umbhobho kodwa ngumfanekiso wombhobho.
Izinto eziqhelekileyo zibonelela ngendlela yokuphuma kwi-Abstract Expressionism, kwaye into ebonakalisa iNyaniso igcwele ngabo. Kukho ikofu yaseSaverin ephethe iibrashi zepeyinti, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wetotshi kunye nebhalbhu yokukhanyisa, umtshayelo kunye netiacup encanyathiselwe kwinqwelo kunye neenguqulelo ezintathu zemephu yaseMelika. Lo mfanekiso ubusekwe kwimephu ayinikezwe yiparter yakhe yokusebenzisana kunye nomthandi uRobert Rauschenberg . Aba babini badibana ngo-1954 kwaye basebenza kunye beyila imiboniso yeefestile zikaTiffany emini, ngexa ngorhatya nangeempela-veki bezichithwa kumagumbi abo aqabe ipeyinti beyila iphalethi nolwimi olubonakalayo oluza kuhambisa ubugcisa benkulungwane yamashumi amabini. 
Umbono wofakelo lwe'Jasper Johns: Into Ebonisa Inyaniso. 'IJordani Riefe
Kwakukutyelele istudiyo sikaRauschenberg ngo-1958 ukuxoxa ngomboniso ozayo uLeo Castelli wabona kuqala umsebenzi kaJohn kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba ambonise endaweni yakhe. Ukubandakanyeka kwezothando kukaRauschenberg noJohns kwathiwa kwaphela ngo-1961, kwaye umntu angayibona impembelelo yalo msitho emsebenzini wokugqibela njengoko wajika waba ngumbala omnyama wezimvi namnyama kwimisebenzi efana Imephu kwaye Kwimemori yeemvakalelo zam - UFrank O'Hara, zombini zipeyintwe ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi amathandathu.
Unyana womlimi otywala eMzantsi Carolina, uJohns wayeneminyaka emithathu xa abazali bakhe baqhawula umtshato kwaye wathunyelwa ukuba ayohlala notatomkhulu wakhe. Ubuntwana bokuhambahamba phakathi kwezalamane zihlala zimshiya eziva ngathi undwendwe ekhayeni lakhe. Emva kokuya kwiDyunivesithi yaseSouth Carolina wafudukela eNew York kwaye wabhalisa kwiSikolo soPhuhliso lweParsons.
Ukuqulunqwa ngexesha leMfazwe yaseKorea, uJohn wayemi eFort Jackson, eSouth Carolina. Emva kokubuyela eNew York ngo-1954, wadibana noRauschenberg kwaye waqala ukulandela ubugcisa ngokunyanisekileyo ngelixa esebenzisana nomculi uRachel Rosenthal, umculi we-choreographer uMerce Cunningham kunye nomqambi uJohn Cage.
Kwezi ntsuku, uJohns waziwa njengomnye wabaculi baseMelika abanempembelelo kwaye wanikwa imbasa Imbasa kaMongameli weNkululeko ngo-2011 . Kunye noJeff Koons, ungumculi ophilayo othengisa kakhulu elizweni Iflegi uyenzela $ 110 yezigidi Ngo-2010. Ukuqala ngokuxoka ulande i-80 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2006, ngelixa a Iflegi ukusukela ngo-1983 kuthengiswe nge- $ 36 yezigidi kwiminyaka nje embalwa edlulileyo.
URauschenberg usweleke ngo-2008, kodwa uJohns usenamandla eneminyaka engama-87; Isiqwenga samva nje somboniso senziwe ngo-2016. Wabonisana nolwakhiwo lomboniso omtsha eLondon naseLos Angeles xa amaqela edibene naye ekhayeni lakhe eSharon, eConnecticut.
Ngokuqhelekileyo i-laconic, uJohns wayehlala engathethi ngokuchaza umsebenzi wakhe, eshiya loo nto kubaphengululi nakwimbali yezobugcisa. Kodwa ukuba inyani intle, njengoko uKeats enyanzelisa, mhlawumbi singayiqonda ngcono into ethethwa nguJohns kwesi sicatshulwa sibekwe kwimiboniso yesibambiso: Umntu unethemba lokuba into efana nenyaniso, ulwazelelelo lobomi, nokuba lubabalo, Ubuncinci, emsebenzini.
