F-111

Mediums: рanels, canvas, oil, aluminum coating.
Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York (the USA).

This masterpiece of the size of a large room was made of 23 separate panels and was intended to be placed at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. Against the background of the F-111 rocket, James Rosenquist depicted several different objects: car tires, a girl with a hairdryer, a beach umbrella, a “mushroom” formed after the explosion of a nuclear bomb, and many other things. All these objects are not connected between each other anyhow but show a clear picture of how American society was in the 1960s, how people’s well-being increased, and at the same time, the fear of a new war and the deadly destructive power of dangerous weapons grew. In this painting, the artist managed to convey the atmosphere and mood of modernity very accurately; therefore, it is considered the best creation of James Rosenquist.