Paper, acrylic paint, dye and lithograph on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Welcome to the Water Planet
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/james-rosenquist-1866" aria-label="More by James Rosenquist" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">James Rosenquist</a>
Space Dust
Presented by Tyler Graphics Ltd in honour of Pat Gilmour, Tate Print Department 1974-7, 2004
abstraction
astronomy
from recognisable sources
man-made
objects
pencil
planet
reading, writing, printed matter
rocket
society
space
transport: air
<p>This work belongs to a collection of large prints, <span>Welcome to the Water Planet</span>. The series addresses a recurring theme in Rosenquist’s work: the ecological impact of consumer culture on the natural environment. The ‘water planet’ of the title is Earth, imagined in the context of outer space. Everyday objects resemble spacecrafts and celestial bodies, floating against colourful backgrounds whose sprayed texture recalls galaxies and nebulae. Like the other prints in the series, <span>Space Dust</span> combines coloured paper pulp and collaged elements, printed onto handmade paper sheets.</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 2022</em></p>
paper print acrylic paint dye lithograph
15 November 2004 – 10 April 2005
2005-04-10
15 November 2004 – 3 April 2005
2005-04-03
2004-11-15
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2004-11-15
Tyler Gift
Collection based display
24 December 2018 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
24 December 2018 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
2018-12-24
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2018-12-24
Jennifer Allora, Guillermo Calzadilla and James Rosenquist
Collection based display
Space Dust
image: 1689 × 2673 mm
Presented by Tyler Graphics Ltd in honour of Pat Gilmour, Tate Print Department 1974-7, 2004
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<p>This work belongs to a collection of large prints, <i>Welcome to the Water Planet</i>. The series addresses a recurring theme in Rosenquist’s work: the ecological impact of consumer culture on the natural environment. The ‘water planet’ of the title is Earth, imagined in the context of outer space. Everyday objects resemble spacecrafts and celestial bodies, floating against colourful backgrounds whose sprayed texture recalls galaxies and nebulae. Like the other prints in the series, <i>Space Dust</i> combines coloured paper pulp and collaged elements, printed onto handmade paper sheets. </p>
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abstraction astronomy from recognisable sources man-made objects pencil planet reading, writing, printed matter rocket society space transport: air