James Rosenquist: Four Decades 1970-2010 |
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Artist:
| Rosenquist, James |
ISBN: | 978-2-910055-72-1 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2017 |
Publisher: | Galerie Thaddeeus Ropac, Eigenverlag
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Raised in the Midwest, James Rosenquist (born 1933) worked as a billboard painter before rising to fame in the 1960s as a leading figure of the Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg. Drawing on his experience as a billboard painter, Rosenquist's work plays on the iconography and style of advertising and mass media to create distinctive compositions that explore the culture of capitalism.
James Rosenquist: Four Decades,...
More DescriptionRaised in the Midwest, James Rosenquist (born 1933) worked as a billboard painter before rising to fame in the 1960s as a leading figure of the Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg. Drawing on his experience as a billboard painter, Rosenquist's work plays on the iconography and style of advertising and mass media to create distinctive compositions that explore the culture of capitalism. James Rosenquist: Four Decades, published to accompany an exhibition at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, offers a selective survey of the artist's work since the 1970s, touching on themes as multifaceted as aesthetics, geopolitics, technology, ecology, outer space and time travel. A selection of the artist's rarely seen collages of source material is also included in this volume, offering a glimpse into the thought process behind Rosenquist's meticulously finished paintings.