"Joke paintings" refer to artworks that use humor as a main element or theme. These paintings aim to provoke laughter or amusement through funny or comedic content depicted on the canvas. Full definition
On my Saturday excursion, Margo Leavin was showing new work by the queen of the appropriationists, Sherrie Levine; Stuart Regen was showing a new batch of nasty joke paintings by Richard Prince; Manny Silverman was hosting a modest retrospective of paintings by Sam Francis; and the Kohn Turner Gallery was showing new work, based on Brancusi and Ezra Pound, by Richard Pettibone. (chron.com)
The sale was led by a Richard Prince joke painting that made a very competitive (for LAMA) $ 1.58 m. (artmarketmonitor.com)
Painted in 1991, the painting demonstrates one of the most well - known phrases from the artist's celebrated series of joke paintings rendered in silkscreen ink upon a vast, mulberry pink - hued canvas. (christies.com)