Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Jasper Johns Understands


Today I was leafing through a book about Jasper Johns. He said (I hope I'm not misquoting) that his paintings were meant to be looked at "the same way you look at a radiator." See? Now that's what I'm talking about! It's what I was trying to get at when I said that MGMIEET should be like staring at a rainbow, not laden with ironic interpretation as some have contended.