About The Work
Richard Prince is one of the most innovative, influential and polemic American artists. Whether you associate him with The Pictures Generation, post-modernism or Appropriation Art, his contribution (and subversive humor) is undeniable. He lives and works in upstate New York.
Prince has worked in a variety of formats over the course of his career, yet each of his iconic and provocative series shares a similar approach: Prince’s jokes tap into social preoccupations of the national subconscious. At his best, he extracts elements from the American vernacular culture and positions it in a way similar to Duchamp's urinal.
Prince started to work with jokes in 1986. These works were a bold contradiction to the reigning hierarchies in the art world perpetuated by Minimalism or Neo-Expressionist painting.
This early example from 1989 features a joke handwritten by the artist. The simple joke seems to concern his sexual frustrations and is relying on a punch line: "You know I just don't have the incentive to buy a two pants suit".
The simple, or anti-aesthetic seems to be simultaneously parodying tropes established by Conceptual and Minimalist artists of the previous decade.
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About Richard Prince
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Work on Paper
Ink on paper (handwritten multiple)
12.00 x 8.00 in
30.5 x 20.3 cm
This work is signed by the artist.
About The Work
Richard Prince is one of the most innovative, influential and polemic American artists. Whether you associate him with The Pictures Generation, post-modernism or Appropriation Art, his contribution (and subversive humor) is undeniable. He lives and works in upstate New York.
Prince has worked in a variety of formats over the course of his career, yet each of his iconic and provocative series shares a similar approach: Prince’s jokes tap into social preoccupations of the national subconscious. At his best, he extracts elements from the American vernacular culture and positions it in a way similar to Duchamp's urinal.
Prince started to work with jokes in 1986. These works were a bold contradiction to the reigning hierarchies in the art world perpetuated by Minimalism or Neo-Expressionist painting.
This early example from 1989 features a joke handwritten by the artist. The simple joke seems to concern his sexual frustrations and is relying on a punch line: "You know I just don't have the incentive to buy a two pants suit".
The simple, or anti-aesthetic seems to be simultaneously parodying tropes established by Conceptual and Minimalist artists of the previous decade.
Courtesy of Caviar20
About Richard Prince
From The Magazine
- Art 101: What to Say About Your New David Salle Print
- News & Events: 6 Highlights to Bid On in Artspace's Fall Auction
- News & Events: Prada Marfa, Satan, and Magnetic Dogs: The Upcoming Art Books to Get Excited About
- News & Events: Our List of 2018's Most Talked About Artists
- News & Events: Auction Hack: Collect 5 Artists You'll See at Auction Tomorrow—For Less
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 15.00" x 11.00".
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