One wants one's work to be the world, but of course it's never the world. The work is in the world; it never contains the whole thing.

Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Early works were composed using simple schema such as flags maps targets letters and numbers. [citation needed] Still many compilations on pop art include Jasper Johns as a pop artist because of his artistic use of classical iconography.

Jasper Johns Jr. (born May 15 1930) is an American contemporary artist who works primarily in painting and printmaking.