“110 Minutes With James Rosenquist”
New York Magazine journalist Tim Murphy recently interviewed artist James Rosenquist, inquiring about the artist’s memoir Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. Rosenquist talks to Murphy about his upbringing in North Dakota during the Great Depression, memorable places and events that occurred in NYC, and his thoughts on the New York City of today (among other things).
Rosenquist mentions his frustration with Times Square and it all being “a little too much” and recalls going to the Stage Deli as a child to get a “soda-pop.” He also talks about paintings he’s done around the city, including a big pop-art work he created at the Met Opera for Tosca and mentions other personal moments, like the massive forest fire that recently destroyed his home and studios on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
