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James McQueen Shut Up And Kiss Me - XL (Red) | 1/1 For Sale
James McQueen
Shut Up And Kiss Me - XL (Red) | 1/1
Mixed-media acrylic, spray paint, ink and silkscreen on fine art paper
66 × 99 cm
About this work
Shut Up And Kiss Me — XL (Red) is a unique 1/1 mixed-media work on fine art paper (66 × 99 cm) in which James McQueen channels one of his most romantically charged phrases through a layered process of acrylic, spray paint, ink, and silkscreen. The red palette gives the work an unmistakable passion and intensity, binding text and colour into a single emotional declaration. The title phrase — simultaneously commanding and tender — is central to McQueen's ongoing exploration of the language of intimacy and desire. In Shut Up And Kiss Me, the imperative carries both urgency and playfulness: a demand that is also an invitation. Rendered in red, the text vibrates with warmth, suggesting both the heat of romantic feeling and the boldness of a direct, unguarded expression. McQueen's technique combines the energy of spray paint and ink with the graphic precision of silkscreen on fine art paper, producing a surface that feels alive and dynamic while maintaining compositional control. As a 1/1 unique edition, this work exists as a singular, unrepeatable object. McQueen's ability to charge familiar phrases with fresh meaning is the hallmark of a practice that continues to attract collectors across the globe. For those drawn to text-based art with genuine emotional resonance, this is a compelling and important example of the artist's work at its most vivid.
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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