The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

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.