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| Featured Artist | |
| James Rosenquist | |
| James Rosenquist emerged in
New York as one of the seminal artists of the 1960's. Critic Lucy
Lippard identified Rosenquist as one of the "New York Five" in
her book Pop Art. Rosenquist, along with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and
others made Pop Art the dominant art movement of the New York scene of the
60's. The McClain Gallery exhibition is comprised of recent paintings form 2001 and 2002. The new works distance themselves from the "imagist" style of earlier paintings. Employing a greater sense of abstraction, an implied velocity and action expresses itself through gestural mark making and high keyed color. Still, the suggestion of a narrative of vague familiar forms persists. The exhibition opens during the premiere of a major retrospective of Rosenquist's works at the Menil Collection, Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The retrospective has been organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. |
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| "Full House-Speed of Light", 2001 Oil on canvas 90 x 144 in. (JR4) |
"Coup d'oeil-Speed of Light", 2001 Oil on canvas 74 x 64 in. (JR3) |
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| Untitled #2, 2002 Oil on canvas 84 x 72 in. (JR2) |
Untitled #3, 2002 Oil on canvas 78 x 59 in. (JR1) |