Richard Prince
(United States of America 1949– )
- Title
- Untitled (cowboy)
- Year
- 1980-1989
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- Ektacolor photograph
- Edition
- 1/1 + 1 AP
- Dimensions
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181.5 x 271.5cm sight; 186.0 x 276.0 x 5.8cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed Certificate of authenticity, black ink "Richard Prince".
- Credit
- John Kaldor Family Collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Accession number
- L2011.45
- Copyright
- © Richard Prince
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Richard Prince was part of the Pictures Generation of artists of the 1970s and 80s who ransacked the image banks of popular culture, redeploying mass-media imagery in politically subversive ways. Taking magazine advertising as his point of departure, Prince’s work both reflects and critiques American culture.
Prince’s use of advertising material was informed by a period of employment at the Time-Life Corporation, where he cut articles from popular magazines, leaving behind the advertisements. He began re-photographing these advertisements, cropping, refocusing and otherwise altering the images to suit his own purposes.
‘Untitled (cowboy)’, a politically charged image, is taken from a Marlboro advertisement. Stripped of its logo and branding paraphernalia, the image evokes a masculine ideal, harking back to a fantasy of pastoralist America life.
- Bibliography (4)
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Wayne Tunnicliffe (New Zealand; Australia) (Editor), John Kaldor Family Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2011, 198, 200-201 (colour illus.).
'Kaldor and contemporary' by Wayne Tunnicliffe, pg.26-29, Look Apr 2011, Apr 2011, 28 (colour illus.).
Adam Free (Australia) (Author), Journey to now: John Kaldor art projects and collection, Adelaide, 2003, 13 (colour illus.), 61. illustration is an installation view
Nicholas Baume (Australia) (Author), Museum of Contemporary Art (Australia, estab. 1989), From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, 1995, 71 (colour illus.), 86.
- Exhibition history (2)
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From Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Jeff Koons: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, 12 Dec 1995–17 Mar 1996.
Journey to Now: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, 18 Apr 2003–06 Jul 2003.
