Richard Prince

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About Richard Prince

Richard Prince was born in 1949 in the Panama Canal Zone and lives and works in upstate New York. Mining images from mass media, advertising and entertainment since the late seventies, Prince has redefined the concepts of authorship, ownership, and aura.

Richard Prince was born in 1949 in the Panama Canal Zone and lives and works in upstate New York. Mining images from mass media, advertising and entertainment since the late seventies, Prince has redefined the concepts of authorship, ownership, and aura. Applying his understanding of the complex transactions of representation to the making of art, he evolved a unique signature filled with echoes of other signatures yet that is unquestionably his own. An avid collector and perceptive chronicler of American subcultures and vernaculars and their role in the construction of American identity, he has probed the depths of racism, sexism, and psychosis in mainstream humor; the mythical status of cowboys, bikers, customized cars, and celebrities; and most recently, the push‐pull allure of pulp fiction and soft porn, producing such unlikely icons as the highly coveted Nurse paintings.

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Works in Museum Collections

Artist's shoes by Richard Prince

1992

Europeana

Untitled

1991

Harvard Art Museums

Untitled

1991

Harvard Art Museums

Collection data via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums (CC BY), and Europeana

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