James Rosenquist (North Dakota,b1933) --- --- Painting for the American Negro 1962-63
rosenquist, unlike many other Pop artists, often directly addressed politics in his work. Here, he has assembled everyday images to trigger questions about race and identity, provocations that today may appear blunt. The knob that reads "[DJARKEN," "NORMAL" and "LIGHTEN," for instance, overly simplifies the painful struggle for civil rights. This work alludes to complex social and political ques- tions without offering a possible, or possibly reductive, solution.
James Rosenquist (North Dakota,b1933) --- --- Painting for the American Negro 1962-63
rosenquist, unlike many other Pop artists, often directly addressed politics in his work. Here, he has assembled everyday images to trigger questions about race and identity, provocations that today may appear blunt. The knob that reads "[DJARKEN," "NORMAL" and "LIGHTEN," for instance, overly simplifies the painful struggle for civil rights. This work alludes to complex social and political ques- tions without offering a possible, or possibly reductive, solution.