Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
212.423.3500
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Richard Prince, Untitled (Upstate)
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Sep 28, 2007 – Jan 9, 2008
Mondays–Wednesdays (10am–5:45pm)
Fridays (10am–7:45pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10am–5:45pm)
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- Price
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$18
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Note: Pay-what-you-can after 5:45pm every Friday.
Richard Prince's re-photographed pictures of fashion models, luxury goods, and cowboys — culled from advertisements in national magazines — set off a firestorm debate about appropriation that lasted throughout the '80s, into the '90s, and continues today. Pegged alongside Sherrie Levine, Louise Lawler, Cindy Sherman, and Laurie Simmons as part of the "Pictures Generation," Prince plumbs the American psyche in later series that include biker-babe photographs, large-scale blue-humored paintings, minimalist fiberglass sculptures of car hoods, and recent expressionistic paintings of nurses taken from pulp-fiction covers. The Guggenheim grants Prince's diverse projects a comprehensive review, revealing that many current contemporary art trends are in fact based on Prince's work.
