
Oedipus Schmoedipus
"Oedipus Schmoedipus" by Richard Prince features a screenprinted t-shirt stretched and mounted onto a canvas stretcher, blurring the boundary between everyday clothing and fine art. The work exemplifies Prince's ongoing interrogation of appropriation, consumer culture, and the transformation of mundane objects into art commodities. By elevating a commonplace garment to the status of a painting, Prince challenges traditional notions of medium, authorship, and value within the art world.
- Medium
- screenprint on a t-shirt, stretched onto canvas with stretcher
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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December 9, 2015
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