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James McQueen I Won't Tell If You Don't | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
I Won't Tell If You Don't | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
About this work
"I Won't Tell If You Don't | 1/1" is a unique mixed-media work by James McQueen, produced in acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen on fine art paper. As a 1/1 — a one-of-a-kind piece rather than an edition — this work occupies a singular position within McQueen's output, combining the structural underpinning of silkscreen with layers of hand-applied paint, ink, and spray to produce a fully original object. The title's conspiratorial air is characteristic of McQueen's tendency to use colloquial phrase as a kind of conceptual anchor, implicating the viewer in an unstated exchange. Collectors pursuing James McQueen for sale at the unique works level encounter work of heightened rarity and individual character. Guy Hepner presents James McQueen 1/1 unique works alongside the artist's edition prints, giving collectors the opportunity to engage with his practice at its most unmediated level. 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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