JASPER JOHNS: MIND/MIRROR. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. ET DON GIOVANNI À L´OPÉRA DE QUÉBEC

 Sept 29, 2021–Feb 13, 2022

Jasper Johns’s groundbreaking work sent shock waves through the art world when it was first shown in the late 1950s, and he has continued to challenge new audiences—and himself—over a career spanning more than sixty-five years. He was born in 1930 in Augusta, Georgia; spent the majority of his adult life in New York; and today lives in Sharon, Connecticut, where, at the age of ninety-one, he remains active in his studio. Johns’s early use of common objects and motifs, language, and inventive materials and formats upended conventional notions of what an artwork is and can be. His profoundly generative practice helped spark movements including Pop art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism, among others, and has inspired successive generations of artists to this day.

Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror is the most comprehensive retrospective ever devoted to Johns’s art. Featuring his most iconic works along with many others shown for the first time, it comprises a broad range of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures from 1954 to today across two sites. Conceived as a whole but displayed in two distinct parts, the exhibition appears simultaneously here at the Whitney and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, two institutions with which Johns has had long-standing relationships. This unique dual structure draws on the artist’s lifelong fascination with mirroring and doubles, so that each half of the exhibition echoes and reflects the other. Organized in largely chronological order, the retrospective presents pairs of related galleries—one in each city—that offer varied perspectives on the artist’s turns of mind. Individually, each gallery focuses on a particular aspect of Johns’s thought and work through the lens of different themes, processes, images, mediums, and even emotional states. Taken together, they provide an immersive exploration of the many phases, treasures, and mysteries of a radical, enduring, and still-evolving career.

This exhibition is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The organizing curators are Carlos Basualdo, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Scott Rothkopf, Senior Deputy Director and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with Sarah B. Vogelman, Exhibition Assistant, in Philadelphia, and Lauren Young, Curatorial Assistant, in New York.

Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

https://whitney.org/exhibitions/jasper-johns

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NOTRE PRODUCTION DU PRINTEMPS ENFIN DÉVOILÉE ! DON GIOVANNI de Mozart 14, 17, 19 mai 2022 - 19 h 30 21 mai 2022 - 14 h Grand Théâtre de Québec   Don Giovanni, célèbre classique de l’opéra italien, sera à l’affiche les 14, 17 et 19 mai 2022 à 19 h 30, ainsi qu'en après-midi le 21 mai 2022, à 14 h, à la salle Louis-Fréchette du Grand Théâtre de Québec.   Chef-d’œuvre intemporel issu du génie de Mozart, cette œuvre sera présentée dans une production entièrement conçue à Québec. Avec une distribution exceptionnelle mettant en vedette notamment les artistes québécois de réputation internationale Philippe Sly dans le rôle-titre, ainsi que Julie Boulianne et Florie Valiquette, l’Opéra de Québec vous convie à une soirée inoubliable. La mise en scène est signée Bertrand Alain et l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec sera dirigé par Jean-Marie Zeitouni.   Œuvre dans laquelle se mêlent des éléments cocasses et surnaturels, la trame narrative met en scène des personnages complexes aux sentiments très humains : jalousie, amour, haine, vengeance... les protagonistes vous feront vivre toute une gamme d’émotions ! L’intrigue débute par un drame : Donna Anna vient d’être violentée par Don Giovanni, personnage libre et sans scrupules. Les cris de la jeune femme alertent le père de cette dernière, qui provoque Don Giovanni en duel et meurt dans l’affrontement. Il s’avère que c’est loin d’être la première tentative de séduction qui tourne mal : Donna Elvira en veut à Don Giovanni de l’avoir trahie. On comprend que Don Giovanni ne renoncera jamais à cette vie de libertin : face à un Commendatore revenu d’entre les morts et le menaçant de brûler éternellement en enfer, il restera fidèle à ses convictions.   AC