James RosenquistVereinigte Staaten, 1933–2017Volunteer
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About the painting
James Rosenquist’s paintings have a distinctive collage-like appearance and feature symbols of post-war American life drawn from mass media. In Volunteer, he depicted a washing machine, an ice-cream cone, and a person in a business suit, referencing technological progress, indulgence, and conformity. The large blue handprint centered in the composition—an enlargement of the artist’s own handprint—represents the uncertain role of the individual in the rapidly changing world of the 1960s. On the preparatory sketch for this work, Rosenquist wrote: “The volunteer who is puzzled doesn’t know what to do but willing.”
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- 1994.311
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Derweil im Leben von James Rosenquist
Das ganze Leben1962
First solo exhibition at the Green Gallery
In 1962 Rosenquist’s first solo exhibition was held at the Green Gallery in New York and attracted great attention from the public and the press.
1963
A second Green Gallery show and “Young Talent USA”
In 1963 Rosenquist had his second solo exhibition at the Green Gallery and was selected for Art in America’s “Young Talent USA”.
1964
Meets Andy Warhol
Critics grouped Rosenquist with the Pop artists because he used recognisable imagery, but he did not meet Andy Warhol until 1964 and did not know Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein very well: in his words, they all emerged separately.
1965
First visit to Russia: a private trip to Leningrad
In 1965 Rosenquist visited Russia for the first time, flying privately to Leningrad to see his friend Evgeny Rukhin.
