Create a painting inspired by Broad collection artist Jasper Johns! Johns often used encaustic painting, which involves colored wax, to take popular symbols, like the American flag, and reimagine them, shifting what those symbols mean. Make your own encaustic painting by using decorating wax, wax sticks, and recycled magazines to shape a work on canvas. Experiment with mixing colors, making shapes, and layering your wax to create different effects on your artwork.
Get inspiration from pre-printed images of popular symbols to give them new meaning. Think about what gives signs and shapes their meaning, and the emotions they evoke. Create new meaning to images by adding color, movement, and depth! And don’t forget to visit Jasper Johns’s paintings, located on the third floor of the museum.