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Richard Prince — Oedipus Schmoedipus
Richard Prince

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

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December 9, 2015

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Richard Prince, 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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodern Art, Ironic Tone, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Found Object, Provocative Mood, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Postmodern, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Screenprint, Pop Art, Wearable Art, Irreverent Mood, Neutral Tones, Pop Culture, Text-Based Art, Figurative

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