Essay: Temple Ligon on Jasper Johns’s Flags

South Carolina’s Jasper Johns of Allendale, arguably the 20th century’s most important American artist, turns 82 on May 15th. Born in Augusta, GA, Johns lived with his grandparents at their home in Allendale until his mother brought him into her home in Columbia for his fourth grade, where he attended at A. C. Moore Elementary School. It was about this time that Johns visited his father in Savannah, where the two walked past the bronze statue... Read More