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Richard Prince — marker on paper
Richard Prince

marker on paper

1997

Richard Prince's "Marker on Paper" exemplifies the artist's distinctive approach to appropriation and recontextualization through deliberately minimal means. By reducing his medium to basic marker on paper, Prince strips away technical virtuosity to focus on conceptual intervention and the commodification of artistic gesture itself. The work reflects his broader practice of challenging authorship and originality through found imagery and simple materials that question what constitutes art.

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Richard Prince, marker on paper, 1997

Richard Prince's "Marker on Paper" exemplifies the artist's distinctive approach to appropriation and recontextualization through deliberately minimal means. By reducing his medium to basic marker on paper, Prince strips away technical virtuosity to focus on conceptual intervention and the commodification of artistic gesture itself. The work reflects his broader practice of challenging authorship and originality through found imagery and simple materials that question what constitutes art.

Year
1997
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Marker Drawing, Pop Culture Commentary, Minimalist Aesthetic, Conceptual Art, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Humor And Irony, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century, Paper-based medium

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