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James McQueen It Started With A Kiss | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
It Started With A Kiss | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
66 × 99 cm
About this work
James McQueen's "It Started With A Kiss | 1/1" is a unique mixed-media work on fine art paper, combining acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen into a surface of layered expressive force. The title — evoking the broad repertoire of romantic initiation embedded in popular culture — is characteristic of McQueen's strategy of using widely recognised emotional shorthand to anchor works that operate on multiple levels simultaneously. As a 1/1, this work is an unrepeatable original, existing at the intersection of print and painting. The physical energy of spray paint and ink coexists with the formal discipline of silkscreen, creating a tension that is central to McQueen's practice. James McQueen for sale at Guy Hepner gives collectors access to some of his most individually realised works. Guy Hepner presents James McQueen unique works and editions as part of its contemporary British art programme. 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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