James Rosenquist

In 1965 he made the legendary 26 metre-wide picture F-111. The fascination of Rosenquist's work lies in the fact that they can lead you into a realm of ideas, the immense size can almost engulf you and the nostalgic feel of the pieces strangely bring comfort. In the following year he exhibited his work at the Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, the Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles and taught at Yale University. He also painted Plexiglas marquees for the Palace Theatre, where he acquired techniques and attitudes he later adapted to printmaking. 7-m (35-ft) long Time Dust (1992,) features a pop can and a French horn that seem to float in space.

Rosenquist recalled that the years the followed (1971-1977) were "Not a very good time in my artwork at all. Rosenquist also created large works combining techniques of lithography, screenprinting, etching, and collage.

James Rosenquists first solo show was in 1962 at Greene Gallery, it was sold out. Air Force," a nuclear explosion, a firestone tire, and others, all splashed across the length of an F-111 fighter plane. " In his work of the late seventies and eighties images of women are confronted with machine aesthetics, usually in large oblong compositions.

In addition to painting billboards for Artkraft Strauss, Rosenquist, along with Johns and Rauschenberg, created windows for Bonwit Teller and Tiffany & Co. In 1958 Rosenquist landed a job painting billboards above Times Square, this would eventually influence his the giant size of his Pop Art experiments.