Technics and creativity II: Gemini GEL

by Riva Castleman, Jasper Johns (Artist)

Technics and Creativity : Gemini G.E.L. [aka : Target] Riva Castleman, Jasper Johns, Anni Albers, Josef Albers, John Altoon, John Chamberlain, William Crutchfield, Allan D'Arcangelo, Ron Davis, Sam Francis, Joe Goode, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Kienholz, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Price, Joe Raffaele, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, Ben Shahn, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud Published in conjunction with TECHNICS AND CREATIVITY : GEMINI G.E.L., at The Museum of Modern Art, 1971. The exhibition featured selected prints and multiples by Anni Albers, Josef Albers, John Altoon, John Chamberlain, William Crutchfield, Allan D'Arcangelo, Ron Davis, Sam Francis, Joe Goode, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Kienholz, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Price, Joe Raffaele, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, Ben Shahn, Frank Stella, and Wayne Thiebaud. This object consist of a white plastic clam-shell case containing a catalogue raisonné of all Gemini publications through 1970, with 364 illustrations (20 in color), and a text by Riva Castleman [then the Museum's Associate Curator of Prints]. Also included in the box is a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2-inch multiple commissioned for this publication. A two-colored offset lithograph with a collage of three watercolor pads and a brush, the multiple invites you to collaborate with Jasper Johns in creating your own version of his Target alongside a facsimile of Johns' signature. Original foam padding and descriptive sheet.

108 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1971

About the author

Riva Castleman (August 15, 1930 – September 4, 2014) was an American art historian and art curator.

Castleman is credited with promoting the mediums of printmaking and illustrated books as serious forms of fine art. From 1976–95 she was Director of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.