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James McQueen If You Ever Leave Me (Orange) | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
If You Ever Leave Me (Orange) | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
66 × 99 cm
About this work
"If You Ever Leave Me (Orange) | 1/1" by James McQueen is a unique mixed-media work on fine art paper, identified by its warm orange dominant and its status as an irrepeatable 1/1 piece. The orange colourway inflects the emotional tenor of the title phrase with urgency and heat, distinguishing this work from related variants in pink and yellow. McQueen's use of acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen in combination produces a surface of considerable complexity, where the flat geometries of screen printing are disrupted and enriched by hand-applied layers. The 1/1 designation places this firmly in the category of unique works rather than editions, making it an especially significant acquisition. James McQueen for sale at Guy Hepner includes both unique works and editions; this piece belongs to the rarer, more personal stratum of his practice. Available for sale at Guy Hepner Gallery, New York.
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- Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
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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