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James Rosenquist: Javanbahkt admires Rosenquist — who in his fine art appropriated the language of his former life as a sign painter — for many of the same reasons. “I once got a commission from a gallery to do a huge painting, and I was so inspired by him I had to be careful not go too far,” she says. Of his Marilyn Monroe I, she says: “I’ve also always been very interested in women as a subject — their stories, their beauty. It’s partly why I love fashion.”