James Rosenquist

James Rosenquist is one of the uniquely impressive exponents in the POP art movement. Moving to New York after art school, Rosenquist worked as a sign painter for several years. In his personal artmaking he naturally gravitated toward interpretation of the bold, eye-catching American symbols of the late 1950’s. He takes fragmented, commercially iconic images, and combines, overlaps, and paints them on canvases to create visual stories. This can leave some viewers breathless yet others confused, making them consider even the most familiar objects in more abstract and provocative ways.