From painting billboards in New York to becoming the Master of Pop Art… Creating a new universe James Rosenquist, Solo Exhibition at Sehwa Museum of Art, Seoul
by Min Kim
A fighter-bomber, a blonde girl, a nuclear explosion, and spaghetti all exist on the same 26-meter-wide canvas. F-111, a masterpiece by James Rosenquist depicts the United States in the 1960s when the Vietnam War and consumer culture exploded. This work, unveiled in 1965, received worldwide attention and is currently on display across three walls at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, USA.
Recently coming back to light with his brilliant use of symbols and metaphors, a major retrospective of the Master of Pop Art will open on the 5th of July at the Sehwa Museum of Art in Jongno, Seoul.
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John Corbett from the James Rosenquist Estate, who visited Korea in preparation for this exhibition, shared that he believes “Rosenquist’s driving force was to always push forward with his curiosity on war, politics, and space”. He suggested the viewers to “pay attention to Rosenquist’s Renaissance-like techniques of painting using chalk on a ladder”. He added, “we now have new digital tools for making art, but I feel that the essence is the same, and I hope this exhibition will inspire many young Korean artists”.
The exhibition opens at the Sehwa Museum of Art, 5 July—29 September 2024.
