Jasper Johns: Gray

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One of today’s most acclaimed and influential artists, Jasper Johns is rarely considered in relation to monochromatic art. Yet single-color experimentations have figured prominently in his production since 1955, and within that significant subset of his work, the majority of the monochromes are gray. Initially serving as a means of emphasizing the material or physical properties of an object by draining it of color or emotion, the artist’s employment of gray has evolved into more than just an assessment of…