James Rosenquist

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James Rosenquist (1988)

James Rosenquist (* 29. November 1933 in Grand Forks , North Dakota , † 31 March 2017 in New York City , New York ) was an American pop art - painter .

life and work

James Rosenquist continued his studies of painting at the University of Minnesota from 1952 to 1954 after a short-term scholarship at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1948 . In 1955 he went to New York City , where he received a scholarship to study at the Art Students League and in 1956 met Robert Indiana , Jasper Johns , Ellsworth Kelly , Agnes Martin and Robert Rauschenberg .

From 1957 to 1960 he earned his living painting advertising posters. With the advent of Pop Art , he quickly became one of its leading exponents. He applied the techniques of poster painting to the large format pictures he created from 1960. In 1962 he had his first solo exhibition in New York's “Green Gallery”, which attracted great public and press attention. Like other pop art artists, Rosenquist adopted the imagery of advertising and pop culture in the context of the visual arts . He received international recognition in 1965 with the room-filling painting F-111 . James Rosenquist painted the F-111 fighter plane spread over four huge partial pictures combined with other subjects such as spaghetti with tomato sauce, a hairdryer, light bulbs and a mushroom cloud. The painting is about three meters high and 26 meters wide.

James Rosenquist Exhibition 2018

His specialty was to combine torn, disproportionate-looking individual images on the canvas, to let them overlap and juxtapose them to create stories. This type of narrative can surprise the viewer by making them think in a new way about familiar items like a trailer from the American moving company U-Haul or a box of Oxydol detergent. In addition to painting, he had created a variety of prints, drawings, and collages. One of his prints, Time Dust , is believed to be the largest print in the world (approx. 2 × 11 meters).

Since the first retrospectives of his work, organized in 1972 by the Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City, and the Wallraf-Richartz Museum , Cologne , he has been the subject of many exhibitions in galleries and museums, both in the United States and also outside. He continued to produce large-format commissioned art, including the work The Swimmer in the Econo-mist, which consists of three paintings, (1997–1998) for the German Guggenheim Museum, Berlin , and a painting, to adorn the ceiling of the Palais de Chaillot in Paris . His work continued to evolve and keep its influence on younger generations of artists. His most recent works dealt with the phenomenon of time and were shown in the 2008 exhibition The Hole in the Center of Time at the Jablonka Gallery in Berlin.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1966: Ileana Sonnabend Gallery , Paris
  • 1966: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1966: F-111 Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
  • 1966: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
  • 1966: State Art Gallery, Baden-Baden
  • 1966: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna , Rome
  • 1967: F-111 , Musée des Arts décoratifs , Paris
  • 1968: 4th documenta , Kassel
  • 1968: National Gallery of Canada , Ottawa
  • 1968: Ileana Sonnabend Gallery , Paris
  • 1968: Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin
  • 1969: Horse Blinders . Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1970: Horizon Home Sweet Home. Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1970: Two Large Paintings . Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1970: Galerie Rolf Ricke , Cologne
  • 1970: Recent Lithographs . Castelli Graphics, New York
  • 1971: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1972: Painting-Spaces-Graphics . Kunsthalle Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne
  • 1972: Galerie Rolf Ricke , Cologne
  • 1972: Whitney Museum of American Art , New York
  • 1972: Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago
  • 1973: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1973: Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
  • 1973: Horse Blinders - Lithographs . Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln , Nebraska
  • 1974: Max Protetch Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 1974: Castelli Graphics, New York
  • 1974: Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto , Ontario, Canada
  • 1974: Litographer . Norrköping Museum, Norrköping
  • 1974: An Exhibition of Paintings , 1961–1973. The Mayor Gallery, London, England
  • 1974: Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles , California
  • 1975: Recent Work . The New Gallery, Cleveland , Ohio
  • 1975: Drawings. Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1975: Paintings. Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • 1976: New Paintings . The Mayor Gallery, London, England
  • 1977: Documenta 6 , Kassel
  • 1977: Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 1977: 9 Large Drawings . Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane , Australia
  • 1977: New Paintings. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
  • 1978: Hand-colored Etchings , 1978. Multiples, Inc., New York
  • 1978: Recent Paintings . The Mayor Gallery, London, England
  • 1979: Graphics Retrospective . John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota , Florida
  • 1979: Ft. Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale , Florida
  • 1979: Recent Prints by James Rosenquist . Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo , New York
  • 1979: James Rosenquist: Seven Paintings. Plains Art Museum , Moorhead, Minnesota
  • 1980: New Paintings and Sculpture . Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran Gallery, New York
  • 1980: Texas Gallery, Houston , Texas
  • 1981: Thief. Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1981: Selected Prints . Castelli-Goodman-Solomon Gallery, East Hampton, New York
  • 1981: High Technology and Mysticism: A Meeting Point. The Dolly Fiterman Art Gallery, Inc., Minneapolis , Minnesota
  • 1982: House of Fire. Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran Gallery, New York
  • 1982: Paintings from the Sixties. The Mayor Gallery, London, England
  • 1982: James Rosenquist at Colorado State University . Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado
  • 1982: Reflector-Deflector. Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran Gallery, New York
  • 1983: Center for the Fine Arts, Miami , Florida
  • 1983: Paintings & Works on Paper . Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1983: Thordén-Wetterling Galleries, Gothenburg , Sweden
  • 1983: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1984: New Paintings. Heland-Thordén-Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm
  • 1985: The Persistence of Electrical Nymphs in Space. Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1985: Paintings 1961–1985. Denver Art Museum , Denver, Colorado
  • 1985: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston , Texas
  • 1985: Des Moines Art Center , Des Moines, Iowa
  • 1985: Albright-Knox Art Gallery , Buffalo, New York
  • 1985: Whitney Museum of American Art , New York, New York
  • 1985: National Museum of American Art , Washington, DC
  • 1986: Ladies of the Opera Terrace . Heland-Thordén-Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1987: One Painting and One Print . Heland-Thordén-Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1987: Galerie Daniel Templon , Paris
  • 1987: Paintings 1987. Heland-Thordén-Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm,
  • 1988: Through the Eye of the Needle to the Anvil . Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1988: Florida State University Gallery & Museum, Tallahassee , Florida
  • 1988: The University Gallery at Memphis State, Memphis , Tennessee
  • 1988: The Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
  • 1988: New Work . Richard L. Figs & Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • 1988: University Gallery at Memphis State, Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1989: Flashlife. Richard L. Figs & Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • 1989: New Paintings. Richard L. Figs & Co., London, England
  • 1989: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1989: New Prints from Tyler Graphics. Heland-Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm
  • 1990: Never Mind, from Thoughts to Drawing. Universal Limited Art Editions, New York
  • 1990: Welcome to the Water Planet. Museum of Modern Art , New York
  • 1990: Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin , Texas
  • 1990: University of Missouri , Kansas City , Missouri
  • 1990: University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara , California
  • 1990: Center for the Arts, Vero Beach , Florida
  • 1990: University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
  • 1990: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1991: Moscow 1961-1991. Tretyakov Gallery , Central Hall of Artists, Moscow
  • 1991: Rosenquist. Institut Valencià d'Art Modern , Center Julio González, Valencia
  • 1992: The Early Pictures 1961-1964 . Gagosian Gallery , New York
  • 1992: Paintings 1990-1992. Galeria Weber, Alexander y Cobo, Madrid
  • 1992: Recent Paintings. Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery , Paris
  • 1993: Time Dust, James Rosenquist, Complete Graphics: 1962-1992. , Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1993: Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1993: Blaffer Gallery of Art, University of Texas, Houston, Texas
  • 1993: Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville
  • 1993: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts , Montgomery, Alabama
  • 1993: Huntsville Museum of Art , Huntsville, Alabama
  • 1993: Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1993: Joslyn Art Museum , Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1993: Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase
  • 1993: San Diego Museum of Art , San Diego, California
  • 1993: University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California
  • 1993: Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa
  • 1993: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1993: Prints. Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1993: Recent Paintings. Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design , Pasadena, California
  • 1993: Recent Paintings. Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery , Salzburg
  • 1993: Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1993: Gift Wrapped Dolls or Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy. Figs, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1994: Gift Wrapped Dolls. Richard L. Figs and Co., London, England
  • 1994: The 30th Anniversary Exhibition. Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1994: James Rosenquist - Paintings. Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore
  • 1995: Recent Work. Portland Art Museum , Portland, Oregon
  • 1995: The Big Paintings. PYO Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
  • 1995: Paintings. Seattle Art Museum , Seattle, Washington
  • 1995: Gli anni novanta. Museo Revoltella - Galleria d'Arte Moderna , Trieste
  • 1996: New Paintings and Constructions. Indigo Galleries, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida
  • 1996: A Retrospective of Prints Made at Graphicstudio 1971–1996. Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
  • 1996: 4E77St 1970 Revisited (And New Paper Pieces from Gemini GEL). Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1996: Target Practice. Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery , Paris
  • 1996: Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg
  • 1996: Target Practice. Figs Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1996: Painting and Prints from Leo Castelli. Castelli Graphics and the Artist. Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia
  • 1996: New Paper Constructions. Gemini GEL , Los Angeles, California
  • 1996: James Rosenquist: Singapore, Three Large Paintings. Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery , Paris
  • 1996: The Graphics of James Rosenquist. Center of Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Graphics Archive Collection, Sukagawa , Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
  • 1996: Leo Castelli Gallery , New York
  • 1996: New Works 1996. Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore
  • 1998: The Swimmer in the Econo-mist. Deutsche Guggenheim , Berlin
  • 1998: After Berlin: New Paintings. Fig Contemporary, New York
  • 1999: Meteors: New Paintings. Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
  • 2000: Paintings. Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 2001: The Stowaway Peers Out at the Speed ​​of Light. Gagosian Gallery , New York
  • 2003: A Retrospective. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • 2003: Menil Collection and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
  • 2003: James Rosenquist: Recent Paintings. McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
  • 2008: The Hole in the Center of Time , Jablonka Galerie , Berlin
  • 2017/18: James Rosenquist. Immerse yourself in the picture , Museum Ludwig , Cologne

Awards and honors

  • 1963: Selected as "Art In America Young Talent USA" (Young Talent of American Art)
  • 1978: Appointment for six years in the "National Council of the Arts"
  • 1987: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
  • 1988: Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement (literal translation: Academy of Achievement)
  • 1998: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002: Awarded the annual art prize in recognition of his contribution to universal culture by the “Fundación Cristóbal Gabarrón”

literature

  • Michael Lobel: James Rosenquist: Pop art, politics, and history in the 1960s (= An Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts book ). University of California Press, Berkeley, CL 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-25303-2 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Tast (Ed.): Eve of Destruction. Outside there is war, inside too (= googly eyes , volume 29), googly eyes, Schellerten 2005, ISBN 978-3-88842-029-0 .
  • The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (Ed.): Rendezvous. Masterpieces from the Center Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums , Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York, NY 1998, ISBN 0-89207-213-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ken Johnson: James Rosenquist, Pop Art Pioneer, Dies at 83. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, April 1, 2017, accessed April 2, 2017 .
  2. Figures F-111
  3. Official exhibition directory (English).
  4. Members: James Rosenquist. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 23, 2019 .