— Éditeur(s) : Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag
— Année : 2002
— Format : 23 x 33 cm (2 volumes)
— Illustrations : nombreuses, en couleurs
— Page(s) : 402
— Langue(s) : anglais, allemand
— ISBN : 3-7757-9111-6
— Prix : 78 €
Présentation
Familiar stock pieces from the American mass media such as the Marlboro cowboys, bare-chested blondes from biker´s magazines or cartoons with sexist messages taken from the rainbow press — these are the materials the artist Richard Prince likes to « recycle » for his works. These icons of mass culture are then processed — photographed, fragmented and copied down, or their format altered — and transformed into works of art. By appropriating a reality artificially staged by the media, Prince assesses and catalogues everyday life in America with an archivist’s cool gaze. In this way, the artist returns a piece of life to these much abused types; the Marlboro cowboy now rides across the prairie free of all consumerist underpinnings.
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