Notes on a life in art
James Rosenquist has had more than fifteen retrospectives, with two
at the Whitney Museum of American Art and four at the Guggenheim
Museum. He also has had many gallery and museum exhibitions, both
in the United States and abroad. He divides his time between
Florida and New York, where he lives with his wife and
daughter.
David Dalton is the author of some fifteen books, including a
biography of James Dean and a novel, Been Here and Gone. He lives
in upstate New York with his wife, the painter Coco Pekelis.
“Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining
account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art
movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own
character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book
ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last
half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in
between.”
–Robert Hughes, author of Things I Didn’t Know and Goya
Praise for James Rosenquist’s Painting Below Zero
“There is so much to enjoy in this book. There is Rosenquist’s
decency, integrity, and wonderful sense of humor. He knows how to
tell a good story . . . He has been almost everywhere, knows just
about everybody, and reveals his heart and his mind and how and why
he paints. It is one of the best books ever written by an
artist.”
—Milton Esterow, ARTnews
“This highly entertaining memoir by the great pop artist, known for
his billboard-influenced paintings, describes the rocky transition
from abstract expressionism to pop art from the inside. But its
strength comes from Rosenquist's big-hearted Midwestern
storytelling.”
—Jed Lipinski, The Village Voice
By sharing the extraordinary story of his life in this involving,
richly illustrated autobiography, Rosenquist deepens our
appreciation for his work and for creativity . . . He is as
arresting in print as he is on canvas.”
—Donna Seaman, Booklist
“Mr. Rosenquist’s new memoir . . . is an unexpected treat—it’s a
ruddy and humble book, lighted from within by the author’s
plainspoken, blue-collar charm . . . He describes strange
nights in Hollywood accompanying the actor Dennis Hopper, who
‘prowled through the unlocked houses of aspiring actors and
actresses’ . . . and the Warhol star Ultra Violet cavorting topless
on Mr. Rosenquist’s front lawn in East Hampton one Sunday morning
just as church was letting out . . . An inviting coming-of-age
story, a self-portrait by an unusual kind of Pop artist and an
unusual kind of man.”
—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
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