James Rosenquist was one of the leading figures of American Pop Art alongside Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Rauschenberg. He used the visual language of commercial and pop culture to challenge and reframe perceptions of reality, time, and the environment. Trained as a billboard painter, he brought a cinematic scale and graphic immediacy to his canvases, using fragmentation and juxtaposition to explore the dizzying effects of modern life. His work, while often associated with consumerism, also carried deep environmental and political undertones, engaging with the rapid shifts in society, technology, and the natural world.

Rosenquist’s work is held in the world’s most prestigious institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the Centre Pompidou. His legacy remains vital today for the way it entwines politics, poetry, and the visual spectacle of American life.