James Rosenquist

James Rosenquist was one of the foremost proponents of the pop art movement and as such, a central figure from the early 1960s to his death. Rosenquist was not only recognised as an exceptional painter but also as an extraordinary printmaker.

His work was sometimes overly simplified and not always recognised for the political aspects, the best example was a F111 painted during the Vietnam war and combining the evident consumer society and the collusion between the military death machine and consumerism.

In the 80s, Rosenquist made a number of extraordinary large scale collages consisting of mono prints combined with cut out imagery of flowers combined with female lips and eyes. Three of the most well known works were made in unique and limited numbers and are a part of this exhibition, Flowers and Females, Shriek and Sister Shrieks. In addition, the exhibition includes the print version of the famous F111, and a few of the later prints focusing on time, light, and consumerism.