Richard Prince, one of the pioneers of the Pictures Generation movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s, has built a career out of wryly commenting upon the psychology of pop culture through appropriated imagery — perhaps best epitomized by
his iconic Joke paintings.
Not exact matches
This touched off his
iconic series of «
joke paintings,» which would eventually include punch lines cribbed from famous stand - up comics.
Bringing together two of Prince's most
iconic motifs — the nurses and the
jokes — Untitled is both a synthesis of his concerns with authorship, and a brilliant example of the artist «s continuous innovation in the realm of
painting.