Richard Prince (born 1949)
What We Lose in Flowers..., 2012
archival inkjet print
30 x 24 x 0 inches: paper
76.2 x 61 x 0 cm
38 x 32 x 2 inches: frame
96.5 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm
Edition 92/100
signature on front in lower right
framed. In What We Lose in Flowers, Richard Prince explores the line between sensuality and censorship by pasting a DVD sticker over a classic female pinup. Prince is known for appropriation, mixed media, and the practice of “rephotographing,” all of which are featured in this archival inkjet print. The work is titled after a novel by gallery owner Bill Powers, which chronicles the dwindling fame of a fictional New York artist. This image was used for the cover of the novel.
Prince's works have been exhibited in over four hundred group and solo exhibitions worldwide, including group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY (2011); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2012); and Museum of Modern Art, NY (2012). Selected public collections include Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Tate Britain, London; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Kunstmuseum, Basel; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

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