Marlboro Man

The Books and Posters of Richard Prince
May 6 - 20, 2014
An in-store exhibition featuring some of Prince’s most iconic images: biker girlfriends, cowboys, nurses, and other borrowed imagery of pop culture.
Richard Prince is an American painter, photographer and book publisher. Since the 70’s he has produced a diverse body of works that have proven significant in shaping the broader conversation about contemporary art-making, specifically in regards to authorship, appropriation and fair use.
As one of the most visible artists within the so-called ‘Pictures Generation,’ Prince’s practice has considered what it means to make artwork in the context of a newly predominant ‘media culture.’ Saturated by image and film, and popular culture more broadly, artists like Sherrie Levine, Cindy Sherman, Jack Goldstein, and Barbara Kruger took to the already-mediated world as their source of inspiration. Prince as much as anyone shared a fascination for the new iconicism built on empty and reproducible images, a “social science fiction” which he thought to be a gussied up version of reality more geared towards selling luxury goods than meaningful human experience. “I seem to go after images that I don’t quite believe. And, I try to re-present them even more unbelievably.” To this end, Prince famously created a series of works known as his ‘Cowboy’ photographs, in which he simply re-photographed Marlboro cigarette advertisements as his own. Showing the rugged, pristinely-dressed men in a new light he offers a parody of commodification and cultural appropriation, suggesting that perhaps the distinction between artwork and adverts is no longer a meaningful one.
The significance of his contributions through his ‘Cowboys,’ ‘Nurses’ and ‘Gangs’ series have more recently been complimented by his active (if elusive) publishing imprint Fulton Ryder, where he steadily puts out original and appropriative works under a number of fictitious aliases. In 2012, he published a facsimile of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, identical to the original in every way except Prince has listed his own name in the place of the author’s and changed corresponding biographical details.
Click here to see a table featuring Richard Prince’s books and posters.
Checklist
  1. Richard Prince
    Man
    Zurich, Switzerland: Ringier and JRPIEditions (formerly JRPIRingier, 2004-2018), 2004
    size unknown
    Out of stock
  2. Richard Prince
    Naked Nurses
    New York, NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2006
    1000
    Out of stock
  3. Richard Prince
    Bettie Kline
    Paris/New York, France/NY: Purple Institute, 2012
    Out of stock
  4. Richard Prince
    [Richard Prince : Kestnergesellschaft Hannover] Poster, 1994
    Hannover, Germany: Kestnergesellschaft Hannover, 1994
    1000
    Out of stock
  5. Richard Prince
    Richard Prince : Panama Pavilion Postcard
    König Postkartenverlag
    $100.00
  6. Richard Prince
    Menthol Wars
    New York, NY: R. Prince, 2009, 1980
    2000
    Out of stock
  7. Richard Prince
    [Richard Prince : Principal, Painting and Photographs, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg] Poster, 2002
    Wolfsburg, Germany: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2002
    Out of stock
  8. Richard Prince and Larry Clark
    4 X 4
    New York, NY: Powerhouse Books, 1997
    size unknown
    Out of stock
  9. Richard Prince
    Jokes Gangs Hoods
    Cologne, Germany: Jablonka Galerie, 1990
    2000
    Out of stock
  10. Richard Prince
    John Duke
    New York, NY: Fulton Ryder, 2013
    300
    Out of stock
  11. Richard Prince
    Inside World [Deluxe Edition - $9000]
    New York, NY: Thea Westreich Associates, 1989
    250
    $9,000.00
  12. Richard Prince
    Untitled [Bands]
    Milan, Italy: Le Case D'Arte, 2013
    300
    Out of stock
  13. Richard Prince
    The Catcher In the Rye
    New York: American Place, 2011
    500
    Out of stock
  14. Richard Prince
    American English
    London, United Kingdom: Sadie Coles, 2003
    1400
    Out of stock
  15. Richard Prince
    Hurricane Nurse Postcard

    Out of stock
  16. Richard Prince
    Loud Song
    New York: Fulton Ryder, 2012
    Out of stock
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