Jasper Johns painted Flag (1954–55), after having a dream of the American flag. His artwork is associated with pop art, because it often includes icons, images and objects from popular culture.
Jasper Johns’s ‘Flag’, Encaustic, oil and collage on fabric mounted on plywood, 42 x 61 in., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1954-55.
Take a close look at how Johns used wax, paint, paper and fabric to create a collage.
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Detail of Flag (1954-55). Jasper Johns (b. 1930), American. Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood (three panels), 42 1/4″ x 60 5/8″. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Digital photo by Postdlf.
He chose familiar subjects because he was thinking about how their meaning might change when they are taken out of their usual role or place.
Three Flags by Jasper Johns, 1958. Whitney Museum of American Art. New York.