Talk:Jasper Johns

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Contents 1 Resources 2 The Simpsons 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Numbers by Jasper Johns by David Shankbone.jpg 4 Re. "Flag" (1954-55): Removed reference to "the first of his mature pieces"

[edit] Resources

I am doing my homework for art about Jasper Johns and I have already got all the information I need from your website.Where can I find more?

you could try going into this site: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johnsbio.html it has heaps of stuff about him i hope you find it usefull :)

[edit] The Simpsons

Hi! Don't know how to edit here, but maybe someone can add to the Jasper Johns bio that he provided a voice as himself on The Simpsons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.237.141.44 (talk) 03:20, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

The above comment was copied from Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard --Gbleem 10:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Numbers by Jasper Johns by David Shankbone.jpg

Image:Numbers by Jasper Johns by David Shankbone.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 02:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. "Flag" (1954-55): Removed reference to "the first of his mature pieces"

I've removed a reference to "Flag" which stated "This was the first of his mature pieces" because I think it's highly ambiguous. It's certainly true that Johns destroyed as much of his pre-"Flag" work that he could lay his hands on prior to or soon after he started work on "Flag". It's been argued (by Fred Orton persuasively, but by others too) that this was intended to signal that "Flag" was a 'beginning' (or probably more accurately, as a 'new beginning') so we should effectively see "Flag" as Johns' 'first' work of any kind. In this context, I'm not sure how we're supposed to see this as his first "mature" work (in fact, I'm not entirely sure how we define what is or isn't "mature" in any context - I suspect it's entirely subjective). Anyway, unless someone has a different view on this I think we should keep this reference out. Any thoughts? Kevin Boyd (talk) 22:57, 28 November 2007 (UTC)