Retrospective Show of the Work Of Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns, considered the greatest living American artist — and a resident of Sharon, Conn. — has a retrospective of his work now at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and, simultaneously, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, “two institutions with which Johns has had long-standing relationships,” according to information on the show at the Whitney’s website. The exhibition opened Sept. 29 and remains up until February.

“Mind/Mirror” includes the artist’s “most iconic works along with many others shown for the first time, it comprises a broad range of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures from 1954 to today,” the website promises.

Included in the museum’s descriptions of the exhibition are links to three artists whose photo portraits of Johns are in the Whitney’s collection: Richard Avedon, Jack Shear and another Northwest Corner resident, Jeannette Montgomery Barron.

To learn more, go to www.whitney.org.

There is a retrospective of the work of Sharon, Conn., resident Jasper Johns now at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This portrait of the artist was taken in 2015 in Sharon by Jeannette Montgomery Barron of Kent, Conn. Photo by Jeannette Montgomery Barron

There is a retrospective of the work of Sharon, Conn., resident Jasper Johns now at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This portrait of the artist was taken in 2015 in Sharon by Jeannette Montgomery Barron of Kent, Conn. Photo by Jeannette Montgomery Barron