This vibrant original poster created in 1992 by celebrated American Pop artist James Rosenquist was produced for the Hong Kong International Art Fair, held from 18 to 22 November 1992, and features the artist's iconic image "Magic Bowl." This example is particularly desirable as it is personally dedicated and hand-signed by James Rosenquist, adding an important layer of rarity and provenance to the piece.
The composition perfectly reflects Rosenquist's distinctive visual language, combining fragments of imagery in a dazzling collision of colours and references. At the centre of the image appears the mysterious "Magic Bowl", suspended above an unexpected and striking appearance of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, one of the most recognizable images in the history of Western art.
This juxtaposition between Renaissance masterpiece and contemporary abstraction exemplifies Rosenquist's lifelong fascination with visual culture and the fragmentation of images in modern society. Throughout his career, the artist borrowed from advertising, popular media and art history, assembling disparate elements into compositions that challenge traditional narrative and interpretation.
Before becoming one of the leading figures of American Pop Art alongside Warhol, Lichtenstein and Oldenburg, Rosenquist worked as a billboard painter in New York during the 1950s. The monumental scale and visual impact of commercial advertising would profoundly influence his artistic vocabulary, leading to some of the most innovative large-scale paintings of the post-war period.
The inclusion of Chinese typography reflects the international ambition of the Hong Kong Art Fair, which during the early 1990s was emerging as one of Asia's major cultural events and an important meeting point between Eastern and Western contemporary art markets.
The appearance of the Mona Lisa, or La Joconde, beneath the floating bowl creates one of the poster's most memorable visual dialogues, bringing together one of the most reproduced images in art history with Rosenquist's explosive and unmistakably contemporary palette.
Signed exhibition posters by James Rosenquist are considerably scarcer than standard commercial editions, while examples bearing a personal dedication from the artist are particularly sought after by collectors of Pop Art and contemporary graphic works.
Today, this poster stands not only as an important document of the growing international art scene of the early 1990s but also as an exceptional example of Rosenquist's ability to merge advertising aesthetics, art historical references and contemporary visual culture into a single compelling image.
Original Poster
Pop Art - Exhibition - Japan
Dedicated and signed by the artist - Mona Lisa - Joconde
Tyler Graphics
Very good state
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