"JAMES ROSENQUIST" par Judith GOLDMAN. Editions Penguin Books en collaboration avec The Denver Art Museum. 1985. Imprimé aux Etats-Unis. Petit in-4, dos droit, format oblong, couverture souple cartonnée illustrée en couleurs. 188 pages. Texte en anglais, avant-propos de Dianne Perry Vanderlip, illustré de nombreuses reproductions photographiques noir & blanc et couleurs, pleine page pour la plupart, de portraits et d'œuvres de James Rosenquist. Ouvrage réalisé dans le cadre de l'exposition éponyme itinérante aux : Denver Art Museum du 15 Mai au 14 Juillet 1985 ; Contemporary Art Museum de Houston, du 24 Août au 20 Octobre 1985 ; Des Moines Art Center du 29 Novembre 1985 au 26 janvier 1986 ; Allbright-Knox Art Gallery de Buffalo du 14 Mars au 04 Mai 1986 ; Whitney Museum of American Art de New York du 26 Juin au 21 Septembre 1986 ; National Museum of American Art – Smithsonian Institution de Washington D.C. du 24 Octobre 1986 au 11 Janvier 1987.

 

"James Rosenquist is one of the foremost contributors to the development of Pop Art, the most significant art movementsince Abstract Expressionism. He is a true visionary, an American original. It comes as surprise then that, although he has been showing his work since 1962, he has not been the subject of numerous museum retrospectives. This exhibition, James Rosenquist, which will tour six American museums, is his first major retrospective in nearly fifteen years. A muche overdue event, it will enable those who have never considered Rosenquist's work outside of its Pop context to experience firsthand the power of his painting and understand why he is truly one of the masters of American art. The term "Po Art" has found its way into the vocabulary of critics and laymen alike, yet that movement beagn, with little warning and no obvious art-historical source – less than twenty-five years ago. At that time, the mere mention of the term "Pop" made the most liberal critics rail against the work and question its legitimacy as art…" Dianne Perry Vanderlip.

 

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