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J A M E S R O S E N Q U I S T

The prints in this series were made using a mix of techniques, including sprayed paper pulp and collage. When he worked as a sign painter, Rosenquist’s job was to enlarge artwork for adverts to the size of billboards. This made him look at pictures differently: "I would take disparate images, put them together and try to make another sense out of them It was almost like the idea of listening to radio and thinking about something in the abstract"

Part of "Welcome to the Water Planet"

Acrylic paint, dye, lithograph and paper pulp on paper 2477 × 3048 mm

This drawing was made just at the end of the First World War. Schwitters' gallery in Berlin, Der Sturm, promoted Expressionist artists and early in his career Schwitters was influenced by the movement. The jagged and claustrophobic space of the drawing echoes Expressionist style. The angled planes, arches and curves suggest an urban setting.

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