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Perilous Night Jasper Johns  
       

Perilous Night by Jasper Johns Perilous Night detail 1 Perilous Night detail 5 Perilous Night detail 9 Perilous Night detail 2 Perilous Night detail 6 Perilous Night detail 10 Perilous Night detail 3 Perilous Night detail 7 Perilous Night detail 11 Perilous Night detail 4 Perilous Night detail 8 Perilous Night detail 12Jasper Jasper Johns, Perilous Night, 1982, encaustic on canvas with objects, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection 1995.79.1

 

We tend to look at art to reach a final destination, a fixed meaning. If we resist this desire, however, we are free to understand Johns' art in varied ways. We can examine details, ponder their associations, look at the work as a whole, and relish its physical qualities.

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