James McQueen If You Ever Leave Me For Sale

If You Ever Leave Me is an acrylic and mixed-media painting on canvas measuring 101.6 × 152.4 cm. It takes its title from McQueen's 2023 solo exhibition — a body of work examining love, obsession, and introspection. McQueen's process is fully evident in the surface: the accumulated decisions of the making recorded in layers of paint, sanded back, and sealed in lacquer. The title, drawn from the vocabulary of popular song, is deployed with the same irony and affection that runs through McQueen's engagement with mass cultural material.