1956, Jasper Johns, Canvas -- Philadelphia Museum of Art (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: In Canvas, Johns seems intent on frustrating the viewer by denying them a glimpse of the front of a small painting, which is presented backward and attached to a larger canvas. The work was called "The Window" until 1964, a title that ironically refers to the popular Renaissance concept of a painting being a window to a representation of reality--and emphasizes Johns's intended challenge to that notion.
1956, Jasper Johns, Canvas -- Philadelphia Museum of Art (special exhibition)
From the exhibition label: In Canvas, Johns seems intent on frustrating the viewer by denying them a glimpse of the front of a small painting, which is presented backward and attached to a larger canvas. The work was called "The Window" until 1964, a title that ironically refers to the popular Renaissance concept of a painting being a window to a representation of reality--and emphasizes Johns's intended challenge to that notion.