James Rosenquist

JAMES ROSENQUIST (1933-2017), "Where the Water Goes, from Welcome to the Water Planet, 1989, numbered 12/32, signed and dated, ca 260 x 147 (Sheet: 2597 x 1473 mm) cm, mixed media, (Paper, acrylic paint, dye and lithograph on paper.)

Description:
One who needs no introduction, the influence of pop art pioneer James Rosenquist reverberates and echoes in the works of contemporary artists such as Faile and Crash, to name a few.

"The Welcome to the Water Planet series addresses a recurring theme in Rosenquist´s work: the ecological impact of consumer culture on the natural environment. The water planet´ of the title is the Earth, imagined as it might be seen from outer space. Rosenquist and Tyler began work on all their prints together using a small preparatory collage as a guide. They used a combination of printing techniques: coloured paper pulp for the backgrounds, and lithography for the figures in the foreground."

/ Gallery label, November 2004 (Tate, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rosenquist-where-the-water-goes-p12237)
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"Thinking About Speaking Objects" curated by Alexander J. Amador