Object In/ And Space - The First Impulse May Be To Give The Object - A Position - To Place The Object. (the Object Had A Position To Begin With.) Next - To Change The Position Of The Object. - Rauschenberg's Early Sculptures - A Board With Some Rocks On It. The Rocks Can Be Anywhere On The Board. - Cage's Japanese Rock Garden - The Rocks Can Be Anywhere (within The Garden).

-Jasper Johns

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Object In/ And Space - The First

Jasper Johns

Object In/ And Space - The First Impulse May Be To Give The Object - A Position - To Place The Object. (the Object Had A Position To Begin With.) Next - To Change The Position Of The Object. - Rauschenberg's Early Sculptures - A Board With Some Rocks On It. The Rocks Can Be Anywhere On The Board. - Cage's Japanese Rock Garden - The Rocks Can Be Anywhere (within The Garden).

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Garden

Rocks

Space

In My Early Work, I Tried To Hide My Personality, My Psychological State, My Emotions. This Was Partly Due To My Feelings About Myself And Partly Due To My Feelings About Painting At The Time. I Sort Of Stuck To My Guns For A While But Eventually It Seemed Like A Losing Battle. Finally One Must Simply Drop The Reserve.

Gun

Personality

Feelings