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Pop Art: It was called new realism.
 Pop Art: It was called new realism.
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Bombarded by advertisements: “I painted birds, beer, shirts, airplanes…”
 Bombarded by advertisements: “I painted birds, beer, shirts, airplanes…”
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Discrimination: “Some stupid kind of fear of people” .
 Discrimination: “Some stupid kind of fear of people” .
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Painting for the American Negro Painting for the American Negro: “The truth can be very ugly” .
 Painting for the American Negro: “The truth can be very ugly” .
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Capillary Action II Capillary Action II: “There were huge ceiling fans in the trees” .
 Capillary Action II: “There were huge ceiling fans in the trees” .
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Off the Continental Divide Off the Continental Divide: “Water goes to the East, and water goes to the West” .
 Off the Continental Divide: “Water goes to the East, and water goes to the West” .
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James Rosenquist     
James Rosenquist was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1933. After studying art at the Minneapolis Art Institute and the University of Minnesota, he won a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York in 1955. There he met Jasper Johns, Robert Rauchenburg, Robert Indiana, and Claes Oldenburg, all of whom, like Rosenquist, would be associated with Pop Art. His paintings continue to express a vision of the best and the worst of American consumer culture.