Richard Pettibone

Richard Pettibone is an American artist born in 1938, widely recognized as a pioneering figure in appropriation art who began making miniature reproductions of works by canonical artists such as Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, and Marcel Duchamp in the 1960s. His meticulous small-scale copies challenge notions of originality, authorship, and the status of the art object, anticipating the broader appropriation movement that would gain prominence in the 1980s. Pettibone's work occupies a critical space between homage and critique, questioning the mythology surrounding masterpieces and their creators.