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When have you seen When have you seen numbers today?numbers today?

How can numbers be art? How can numbers be art? American artist, Jasper Johns American artist, Jasper Johns believes that even though we believes that even though we use numbers every day, we use numbers every day, we don’t really think about them. don’t really think about them.

Jasper Johns Jasper Johns wanted us to wanted us to look at their look at their details and details and

see them in a see them in a new way, as new way, as art! So, he art! So, he

made made paintings of paintings of

them.them.

Jasper did the same with other Jasper did the same with other objects, such as maps and flags. objects, such as maps and flags.

Jasper said that Jasper said that we see flags, we see flags,

maps, and maps, and numbers and numbers and letters all the letters all the time, but we time, but we never really never really think about think about

them. them. He decided he was going to He decided he was going to use them in his paintings so use them in his paintings so that people could enjoy that people could enjoy their shapes. their shapes.

That’s just what he That’s just what he did. Everyday did. Everyday objects, especially objects, especially things that are flat, things that are flat, like numbers and like numbers and flags, became his flags, became his subjectssubjects. .

John’s work John’s work influenced many influenced many

other artists and a other artists and a new art form called new art form called

Pop ArtPop Art. This is art in . This is art in which everyday which everyday objects, such as objects, such as

hamburgers, soup hamburgers, soup cans and comic cans and comic

strips are used as strips are used as subjects. subjects.

Can you turn Can you turn something something ordinary into ordinary into something something Extraordinary?Extraordinary?