“I dreamt that I saw myself painting the American flag.”

So he did. Over and over...

Looking back from 1965, Johns added “I have not dreamed of any other painting. I must be grateful for such a dream!" He laughed. "The unconscious thought was accepted by the conscious gratefully."

SOURCE: Artforum March 1965, p.33, interview with Walter Hop.

I was never a fan of his flags, but I've only seen reproductions. He painted with encaustic (blending pigments with beeswax); the wax coats strips of newspaper, faintly visible beneath. So seen close up, in person, his painting looks, feels and even smells nothing like a flag.

--Chris Wayan

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