Lipsticks, automobiles, dishwashers, men in business suits,
spaghetti, rockets, airplanes, hairdryers, ice cream cones and
pigtailed girls: James Rosenquist (1933-2017) has always known how
to combine these seemingly disparate but always all-American
elements into whirlwind, billboard-sized collages. With airbrushed
surreal euphoria, he slammed colours, patterns, and objects into
one another with the eye of an advertising man and the heart of a
Pop artist. This momentous catalogue, published to accompany the
first in-depth survey of the artist's work of the 1960s through
1980s, will give long-overdue attention to Rosenquist's singular
achievement in American art during these three decades. From 1957
to 1960, Rosenquist earned his living a billboard painter. This was
perfect training, as it turned out, for an artist about to explode
onto the pop art scene. Like other pop artists, Rosenquist adapted
the visual language of advertising and pop culture (often funny,
vulgar, and outrageous) to the context of fine art. An informative
essay by art historian Judith Goldman examines the influence of
Rosenquist's early days as a billboard painter, his early themes
and techniques, and his similarities and differences with other pop
artists like Warhol and Lichtenstein. The essay focuses on areas
that have only been superficially addressed in the literature to
date, bringing the level of Rosenquist scholarship up to that of
his Pop Art contemporaries. For any collector of American art, this
gives attention to Rosenquist's singular achievement in American
art during these three decades.
General
| Imprint: |
Rizzoli International Publications
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2018 |
| Authors: |
Judith Goldman
• Charles Baxter
|
| Dimensions: |
305 x 248 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
188 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8478-6401-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8478-6401-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780847864010 |
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