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James McQueen Be Careful What You Wish For | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
Be Careful What You Wish For | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
66 × 99 cm
About this work
"Be Careful What You Wish For | 1/1" is a unique mixed-media work by James McQueen, combining acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen on fine art paper in a single irrepeatable piece. The 1/1 designation marks this as entirely outside the edition structure — a fully original work that carries the spontaneity of painting alongside the structural underpinning of print. McQueen's integration of spray paint and silkscreen creates a layered surface where precision and gesture coexist, producing an image of considerable visual energy. The title phrase — a cautionary refrain embedded in popular culture — is typical of McQueen's tendency to use familiar language as a lens for examining desire, consequence, and ambivalence. James McQueen for sale at the unique works level is relatively rare, making pieces like this especially significant for serious collectors. Guy Hepner is pleased to present this exceptional James McQueen 1/1 as part of its programme of unique and rare editions. Available for sale at Guy Hepner Gallery, New York.
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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.
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