James McQueen If You Ever Leave Me (Red) For Sale
James McQueen
If You Ever Leave Me (Red)
Mixed Media on Canvas
20 x 28 in (22 x 30 in framed)
Edition
Unique
About this work
James McQueen has established himself as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary text-based art, earning recognition for his evocative explorations of language, memory, and emotional resonance. His work sits at the intersection of conceptual practice and visual poetry, attracting collectors who appreciate both intellectual depth and aesthetic refinement. McQueen's pieces have garnered significant attention in the contemporary art market, with his distinctive approach to typography and mixed media commanding a devoted international following. If You Ever Leave Me (Blue) exemplifies the artist's signature synthesis of romantic vulnerability and formal restraint. The work presents text as both image and emotional artifact, with the titular phrase suspended against a carefully constructed surface that shifts between intimacy and distance. The blue tonality suffuses the composition with a sense of melancholy and longing, while McQueen's layered mixed media technique creates subtle textural variations that reward sustained viewing. The interplay between legibility and abstraction invites the viewer into a contemplative space where language transcends its communicative function to become pure feeling. At forty by sixty inches, the work commands presence while maintaining the personal address characteristic of McQueen's practice. The piece exists as a unique work, offering collectors the opportunity to acquire a singular example of the artist's vision rather than an editioned multiple. This work represents an opportunity to acquire a significant piece by an artist whose market trajectory continues to ascend. For acquisition inquiries or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Guy Hepner directly.
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Edition & Provenance
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- Mixed Media on Canvas
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About the Paintings Series
Original paintings, unique works, and strictly limited edition silkscreens by James McQueen. Each piece is produced through the artist's signature process — multiple layers of paint built up, sanded back, and sealed in lacquer — resulting in surfaces of unusual depth and chromatic intensity.
The Anthology works in this series are large-format silkscreens on paper, each measuring 153.9 × 106.4 cm, produced as either unique pieces or in editions of carefully controlled size. The canvas works — acrylic and mixed media, 101.6 × 152.4 cm — are original paintings, each singular.
Contact Guy Hepner, 177 Tenth Avenue, New York, to enquire about availability and pricing.
About James McQueen
James McQueen Paintings for Sale | Guy Hepner, New York
James McQueen is a British artist born in 1977 whose paintings sit at the intersection of Pop sensibility, material obsession, and dry British wit. He works under a pseudonym, and his identity is secondary to the work — which is the point. What matters is what ends up on the canvas.
McQueen's paintings are built, not simply applied. He works in layers — paint over paint, colour over colour — then sands the surface back to expose what lies beneath, then seals it in lacquer. The result is a depth that photographs struggle to capture. These are surfaces you need to stand in front of.
His subject matter has ranged from reinterpreted Penguin paperback covers to politically charged commentary to the large-scale mixed-media Anthology works now available through Guy Hepner. Across all of it runs a consistent preoccupation: the visual language of mass culture, rendered monumental and unfamiliar by the seriousness of the craft brought to bear on it.
McQueen has shown extensively in London and is represented in significant private collections internationally.
Guy Hepner | 177 Tenth Avenue, New York