This quarter, I visited the Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch exhibit at the VMFA. I had heard of both artists before but had never really seen their work except pictures of The Scream (1893) by Munch online. Each artist had a completely different body of work so it was really interesting to see how the curator chose to present the pieces together in one show. Jasper Johns repeated the same subject matter frequently in his paintings and focused on the same patterns. I admired this repetition because it clearly allowed him to perfect his body of work and really tune in to his use of color and mark. However, I did prefer Munch's work a little more. His body of work was more varied and I especially liked his self portraits. He explored numerous mediums and subjects but there was always an underlying theme of sadness. He was the definition of the "troubled artist" and this shone through a lot of his work. I was not incredibly in love with either artists' work but I really enjoyed the exhibit.
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June 2018
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