Born in 1933 in North Dakota, James Rosenquist is regarded as one of the most influential artists in American pop art. The artist, who died last year, saw the art scene as about much more than paintings in golden frames, along with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. His paintings went beyond any known conventions. He used to work as a billboard painter in Brooklyn and Manhattan, before becoming acquainted with artists from the generation preceding pop art — known as the abstract expressionists of the 1960s.
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark is launching a retrospective exhibition of the last great American pop artist, dubbed “James Rosenquist: Painting as Immersion”. It will be the largest presentation of James Rosenquist’s work in Europe.
The exhibition is structured around three central and monumental artworks. Featuring iconic pop art pieces include Horse Blinders (1968) to Horizon Home Sweet Home (1970), to The Swimmer in the Econo-mist (1997-98), as well as stretches from the artist’s premier work in the early 1960s on to 2011, some of which have never been exhibited before. Walking through the exhibition, you will find that many of Rosenquist’s large-scale pieces stretch beyond one’s field of view.
The exhibition will run from April 14 until August 19 2018.
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Aros Allé 2
8000 Aarhus
Denmark
