Richard Prince Appropriation artist
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Richard PrinceAppropriation artist
ByAngela DeSoto
Richard Prince is and American
painter and photographer. He was born in 1949 in Panama
During his early years he worked for Time
Magazine, in the tear sheets department.He was exposed to
classic American images he didn’t
believe.
Richard Prince decided to take photographs of
other artist’s photographs and make
them his own. The picture of a naked 10
year old Brooke Shields became
controversial. Was it art or porn? Was it
his?
Taking other artist’s work and making it one’s own became a artistic movement in the late
1970s. It was called Rephotography. Prince used
cowboys and any pop culture item he found interesting. He
called it “beachcombing”.
Richard Prince used photographs of
celebrities taken by someone else. He signed
them himself and presented them as his
work.
In December of 2008 a French photographer
filed suit against Prince. Richard had
appropriated 35 photographs taken in Jamaica and barely changed them. The judge ruled against
Richard Prince.
In 2003 a collection of paintings was shown. Prince called them The
Nurse Paintings. He was inspired by pulp romance novels. He scanned book covers and transferred the
images to canvas. He personalized the canvas
with acrylic paint.
Richard Prince loved American culture. He loves the cowboys,
beatniks, bikers, nurses and celebrities of the U.S.
His approach to photography was “about
knocking about in the studio and bumping into
things”.
Terry Richardson photographed
Richard Prince with the new labels for
Arizona Lemon Fizz tea. The labels feature Prince’s
Nurse Paintings and his own likeness. The mystery and
intensity of Richard’s art has a following.
Richard Prince now lives a quiet, invisible life in New York. Controversy follows him but he stands by the right to express his art and vision anyway he likes.
References• Aphotoeditor.com/2008/06/27/photographers-should-embrace-richard-
prince/• Badatsports.com/2009/tate-modern-removes-nude-brooke-shields-prince• En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Prince• rprince photo.com/• richardprince.com/