Today I reread the first part of The White Album by Joan Didion. I put an acetate protector around the dust jacket of a first edition of Susan Sontag’s On Photography, and I read parts of it again before putting … Continue reading
By the early 80′s you can really see that Richard Prince started to explore a different style in his photography.
Photographing or re-photographing photographs is reckless. Film has a natural ability to appropriate and pirate. Published pictures are available to anyone who cares to use them and re-photographing a published image is making a new picture effortlessly. Re-photographing a previously … Continue reading
-The original material comes mostly from advertising sections of contemporary mass market magazines. -Some of the material comes from travel brochures or newspaper sections advertising travel. Also sections advertising liquor, cigarette, perfume and other accessories. -Any time the material is … Continue reading
I almost feel that Richard Prince is speaking directly to me with these pieces. I just can’t get enough of them!
Ah the 70′s were a good time. I wish we had a time machine and could transport Rirchard Prince back for more of these.
David Kennedy Jones has an interesting blog piece on Richard Prince at the New York Times today. These retrospectives on Prince allow for a historic collision between art and the book, where the spaces between collector and librarian, librarian and … Continue reading
I wish I had the money to have one of these on my wall!
An excellent piece of writing from Richard Prince. Today was Memorial Day, a Monday, and he had to work a twelve hour shift starting at six p.m. He usually takes about a two hour break, and when he got to … Continue reading
Cocaine was the secret ingredient that fueled this early 90′s series of paintings from Richard Prince. Who doesn’t like a little white? Although this series never got as much attention as some of his others. It is still very highly … Continue reading