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Richard Prince — Joke
Richard Prince

Joke

A handwritten or printed joke is presented as the sole subject of the work, reducing language and humor to their most stripped-down visual form. Prince appropriates the familiar cultural currency of stand-up comedy, recontextualizing it as fine art and provoking questions about authorship, originality, and value. The work challenges the boundaries between high art and mass culture, a hallmark of Prince's broader practice of repurposing existing imagery and text.

Medium
ink on paper

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Under the Influence

March 8, 2013

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Richard Prince, Joke

A handwritten or printed joke is presented as the sole subject of the work, reducing language and humor to their most stripped-down visual form. Prince appropriates the familiar cultural currency of stand-up comedy, recontextualizing it as fine art and provoking questions about authorship, originality, and value. The work challenges the boundaries between high art and mass culture, a hallmark of Prince's broader practice of repurposing existing imagery and text.

Medium
ink on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodern Art, Print Work, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Satirical Tone, Monochromatic, Text-Based Art, Ink on Paper

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