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Fine art on paper 2 images including a naked cowgirl composite artwork is an untitled piece from 2012 by the renowned American artist Richard Prince.
Artwork Details
Artist: Richard Prince
Title: Untitled (protest) (It is also known as "Untitled / protest")
Year: 2012
Medium: Inkjet on canvas or print
Description: The work juxtaposes a black-and-white image of a public protest with a sepia-toned photograph of a partially nude woman in a burlesque-style pose, leaning over a wicker structure. The word "NEW" is handwritten at the bottom center of the burlesque photo.
Context
Richard Prince is known for his controversial and influential work involving re-photographing and recontextualizing existing images, often appropriated from advertising, magazines, and social media. This particular work, which combines imagery of social demonstration with risqué performance, is a part of a set of four prints held in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The juxtaposition creates a tension between public activism and private, potentially exploitative, imagery. |
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