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![James McQueen](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artists/hero_image/items/c9/c94451a4c46f4cd7a570bce1d3ad06f2/james-mcqueen-studio_04.jpg)
James McQueen
Selected Works
![James McQueen MCQUEEN BOOKS: MY CASTLE MY RULES](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/86/86ac0b5a3c14442b9a77b0854eeb1595/jmq-mix-abs-90230-f.jpg)
![James McQueen SELECTED SHORT LOVE STORIES](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/94/945acc1152404860853af1cc67ba1847/jmq-mix-abs-90207-f.jpg)
![James McQueen HAPPINESS IS EXPENSIVE](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/d2/d2401480fc4348e4848f3de40423f0cf/jmq-mix-abs-89946-f.jpg)
![James McQueen BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/15/15b3b2eb97354a0abdd6069d210bdd84/jmq-mix-abs-88726-f.jpg)
![James McQueen NO MEANS NO](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/4d/4dfebdcb64394c929ce2ed7fc2035c04/jmq-mix-abs-88908-f.jpg)
![James McQueen I HAD FUN ONCE IT WAS AWFUL](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/b1/b1c2c056cce349e89c151fbd2a11f5c1/jmq-mix-abs-88703-f-mockup.jpg)
![James McQueen YOU DON'T KNOW THE HALF OF IT](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/f2/f2912764896b4616b845f548915d183b/jmq-mix-abs-dont-know-the-half-green-f.jpg)
![James McQueen MY NAME IS NOT ALICE AND WE ARE NOT IN FUCKING WONDERLAND](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/8c/8cc667a1a863495a90076f2f7f4828ed/jmq-mix-abs-90220-f.jpg)
![James McQueen WAIT HERE I'VE GONE TO GET SOMEONE WHO CAN'T HELP YOU](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/35/35522687610e4d7aab84bfce6e52bfa1/jmq-mix-abs-90248.jpg)
![James McQueen DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/65/65963369ccc4488ea3015486553670d0/jmq-mix-abs-90203-f.jpg)
![James McQueen BOOK SPINES](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/2e/2e81a29959d5412ea34864f1557e832a/jmq-mix-abs-bluebooks-f.jpg)
![James McQueen ONE LAST DANCE](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/20/2002f79f52b64c75941976a56a2f01e3/jmq-mix-abs-89952-f.jpg)
![James McQueen HAPPINESS IS EXPENSIVE](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/f2/f2ee4bb392ce4f23a9b19a0a846302c3/jmq-mix-abs-88757-f.jpg)
![James McQueen IF I'D OBSERVED ALL THE RULES I'D NEVER HAVE GOT ANYWHERE](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artworks/main_image/items/a7/a73056e9f8a342b991ba813e7bab2fb8/jmq-mix-abs-88886-f.jpg)
![While Warhol’s subjects were largely drawn from his own everyday experience, McQueen represents an object that has purely sentimental relevance...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1400,h_1400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto:good/ws-halcyon/usr/images/artists/artist_image/items/98/98178b98761b40d78d883c1dd750c854/james-mcqueen-studio_05.jpg)
Born from his admiration of iconic vintage books, McQueen’s art appropriates the design and branding of an inexpensive, mass-produced and consumed product to echo Andy Warhol’s appropriated imagery in the Campbell’s Soup paintings. Like Warhol, McQueen celebrates the everyday product by making these book covers monumental and vibrant.
While Warhol’s subjects were largely drawn from his own everyday experience, McQueen represents an object that has purely sentimental relevance to him; these books were all published before he was born. For the artist, the age of these objects significantly contributes to their aesthetic appeal and his paintings are symptomatic of this. They convey the illusion of patina, stains, faded colours and tattered edges.
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