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James McQueen Shut Up And Kiss Me - XL (Pink) | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
Shut Up And Kiss Me - XL (Pink) | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
About this work
Shut Up And Kiss Me — XL (Pink) is a unique 1/1 mixed-media work on fine art paper in which James McQueen revisits one of his most romantic and direct phrases in a pink palette that amplifies the tenderness and desire already embedded in the text. Executed in acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen, the work combines the spontaneous energy of gesture with the graphic authority of print, producing a surface that is simultaneously warm and dynamic. The phrase 'Shut Up And Kiss Me' carries an immediate, almost cinematic charge — it belongs to the vocabulary of romantic urgency, a command that is also a declaration of feeling. In pink, this urgency takes on additional warmth: the colour softens the imperative even as the text retains its directness, creating a productive tension between palette and language. McQueen understands that colour is not merely decorative but carries meaning, and here pink functions as an emotional modifier that shifts the register from the assertive toward the affectionate. As a 1/1 edition, this work is entirely unique, produced once and unrepeatable. McQueen's international reputation rests on exactly this kind of work: charged with feeling, technically accomplished, and honest in its engagement with the language of human experience. Shut Up And Kiss Me — XL (Pink) is a compelling example of his ability to produce works that are simultaneously immediate and lasting.
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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.
Guy Hepner | 177 Tenth Avenue, New York