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A 3 page paper which examines the works of the artist James Rosenquist. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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2005). He studied art and moved to New York where he met "Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg and Robert Indiana, all important figures in the transition from Abstract Expressionism
to Pop" (Acquavella Galleries, 2005). Like many of the pop artists of the 1960s there was something ambiguous about his work, which was predominantly done on a large scale such
as billboards (Acquavella Galleries, 2005). However, with the 70s came a more powerful sense of consciousness about his work (Acquavella Galleries, 2005). The following paper examines this, looking primarily at
an interview with Rosenquist to see how he presents his ideals concerning society, politics, and history in his artwork. James Rosenquist
Rosenquist once stated, "It all has meaning to me. As I explain my paintings, I hope that they get away from me, that the idea takes off and has a
life of its own" (Rosenquest, 2005). This, in many ways, clearly indicates that the paintings he does, and did, hold very powerful meanings that touch on many different subjects, subjects
such as society, politics, and history. One of his works that he discusses in an interview was a series of paintings wherein he first took dolls he had acquired
and wrapped them in cellophane and then photographed them. He said that some looked very sweet, others quite disturbing. He then incorporated them into works, painted the pictures of the
dolls he liked the best. The background for the pieces relates to his daughter and to the problem of AIDS: "The idea of the covering, the distortion of something, was
bound to the idea of AIDS. People almost had to make a business arrangement before they made love because of the fright of contracting AIDS" (Amy, 2004). In terms of
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