Richard Prince

Richard Prince is an American painter and photographer.  He is most known for his re-photography.  Re-photography uses appropriation as its own focus: artists pull from the works of others and the worlds they depict to create a new piece of work.  Richard Prince is known as an appropriation artist.  He uses images from the mass media, and advertisements to make new pieces of art.  He uses other artists’ images in order to make new art.  He changed the rules of authorship and ownership.  Some people believe that since he did not create the original images, he did not create the art.  However, rearranging other pieces of art should be considered art.  Collages are rearranging pictures from mass media and advertisements and should be considered art.  It was that particular artists’ idea to arrange the pictures in that way to make the artwork and therefore that artist should be recognized for their work.  Below are examples of Richard Prince’s artwork, some of which resemble collages.