James Rosenquist. Delivery hat 1971. Lithograph. ‘This small but striking print, from the ‘Cold Light’ suite of 1971, was created during a period of Rosenquist’s life in which he was suffering depression, following a serious car accident which placed the artist and his family in hospital for an extended time. The series questioned American government’s focus on space exploration, to the detriment of civic care. ‘Why aren’t we doing something on the ground instead of spending money going to the moon? We can’t eat the moon’ (Glenn, p. 51). The image, showing a lone hat placed in a cosmic setting, is ‘punctuated by a cold, white mooncircle that Rosenquist used to illuminate personal stories, remembrances, and the political climate of the moment’. Constance Glenn, Time Dust.
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