F-111 Solo B (Air Force)
Limited Edition of 100
In this first collaboration with the James Rosenquist Foundation, THE SKATEROOM presents the American pop-art master’s work, F-111, across four limited skateboard editions.
Painted during 1964-65 – in the middle of one of America’s most turbulent decades – the art piece addresses the connection between the Vietnam War, consumerism and advertising. Part of MoMA’s collection, F-111 is a dramatic parade of juxtapositions. In F-111: Solo B (Air Force), we see the colorful depictions of a mushroom cloud, a pile of spaghetti and a young girl in a 60s hair-dryer – seemingly contradictory symbols of 60s America.
About the Artist
James Rosenquist (1933–2017) was an influential American artist and key figure of the Pop Art movement. Known for his large-scale, fragmented paintings inspired by advertising and consumer culture, Rosenquist transformed everyday imagery into bold, thought-provoking compositions that reflected on mo
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