"The pairing of the two artist's works allows you to see something new in Munch's work" - Curator John Ravenal
Edvard munch
Munch was a late 19th and early 20th century Norwegian artist who inspired the Expressionist movement. He experimented throughout his life and his work involved multiple symbols.
Jasper johns
Jasper Johns was a mid 20th century American artist who changed his work after being inspired by Edvard Munch. "He moved away from abstract painting towards a more open expression of love, sex, loss, and death." Johns started working in more objective, recognizable forms in order to convey more clear representations to his audience.
It is incredibly effective to put these two artists side by side. By putting Johns's work next to Munch's we can see how Munch influenced Johns and what Johns saw in Munch.