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James McQueen It's All Shits And Giggles | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
It's All Shits And Giggles | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
66 × 99 cm
About this work
"It's All Shits And Giggles | 1/1" by James McQueen is a one-of-a-kind mixed-media work on fine art paper, produced in acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen. The title deploys colloquial irreverence — the phrase is simultaneously a dismissal and a rallying cry — in the manner typical of McQueen's use of vernacular language to generate works that are at once instantly relatable and formally ambitious. As a 1/1 unique piece, it stands distinct from any edition and carries the authority of a singular artistic statement. The surface is characteristic of McQueen's most worked pieces: layered, physically rich, combining the reproducibility of screen printing with the irreducibility of hand-made mark. James McQueen for sale at Guy Hepner includes a selection of these unique mixed-media works, among the rarest and most sought-after objects in his practice. Guy Hepner is delighted to present this exceptional James McQueen work to collectors. 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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