[title not known] 1967 - 1969

Editor: Here we have an untitled print of an American flag by Jasper Johns. It's a small, grayscale image, and the texture is quite rough. How do you read its composition? Curator: Note the crosshatching and layering, strategically employed to disrupt the conventional reading of the flag. Johns isn't simply representing a flag; he's deconstructing its visual components. Consider the interplay of line and form—the etching resists easy symbolic interpretation. Editor: So you're saying the meaning comes from the visual elements themselves, rather than the subject? Curator: Precisely. The flag becomes a field for exploring the material possibilities of art, a study in surface and texture that challenges our assumptions about representation. Editor: I see. It’s more about how we see than what we see. Thanks! Curator: Indeed. It's a valuable lesson in visual literacy.