Jasper Johns (born 1930), Target, 1958, oil and collage on canvas, Collection of the artist. Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

WASHINGTON, DC.- The work of Jasper Johns (b. 1930) represents an important breakthrough in art at midcentury, a period of radical change in American art. Themes developed in the first decade of his career will be examined as a group for the first time in a comprehensive exhibition of 84 works, on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, January 28 through April 29, 2007. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)