Modern American Genius

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This summer, Modern American Genius in the nation’s capital features three exhibitions of work by modern art trailblazers: Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme (June 2–Sept. 9, 2012) at The Phillips Collection, In the Tower: Barnett Newman (June 10, 2012–Feb. 24, 2013) at the National Gallery of Art, and Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series (June 30–Sept. 23, 2012) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Each exhibition examines a pivotal body of work in the career of an artist who helped to make American art a significant global force. Audiences will discover breakthrough paintings and prints created during and after the transformational 1960s, including Diebenkorn’s luminous Ocean Park series (1967–1988); examples of Johns’s iconic American flags, targets, and numbers, along with other major series; and Newman’s seminal Stations of the Cross (1958–66), regarded by many as his most important work. SHOWN: Richard Diebenkorn, Green, 1986. Color aquatint, spit bite aquatint, soap ground aquatint, and drypoint on Somerset paper, ed. 60. Image: 45 x 35 3/8 inches; Sheet: 53 3/4 x 40 3/4 inches. Published by Crown Point Press. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Crown Point Press Archive, Gift of Crown Point Press. ©The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn. Image courtesy the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.