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Text image from Richard Prince's iconic Jokes series - Signed and numbered by the artist in ink on interior of card. - Foil-stamped print, on heavy wove paper, folded

Richard Prince’s The Greeting Card Jokes #2: The Best Friend is part of his iconic Jokes series, where humor and text are combined to make wry observations on social relationships. This 2011 limited edition print features a handwritten joke: “A husband came home and found his wife in bed with his best friend. ‘Hey, what do you think you’re doing?’ said the husband. ‘See?’ she said to the man beside her. ‘I told you he was stupid.’” Presented in a minimalist style, with black text on heavy wove paper, the piece exemplifies Prince’s ability to use humor as a medium for commentary on human behavior. The print is foil-stamped and folded, with the artist’s signature and edition number inside, making it a unique and collectible artwork.

Richard Prince (USA, 1949) is a pioneering contemporary artist known for his provocative appropriation art. By rephotographing advertisements, altering pop culture imagery, and exploring themes of authorship, identity, and consumerism, Prince challenges notions of originality and artistic ownership. His controversial works are pivotal in the discourse on modern art.

Richard Prince

The Greeting Card Jokes #2: The Best Friend, 2011

Name: The Greeting Card Jokes #2: The Best Friend, 2011
SKU: 14009
Price: 5400.00 GBP
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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Mixed Media

Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.

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My studio is the only place I feel good in. There, I'm fearless; outside, I'm a mess.
- Richard Prince

Renowned for his use of appropriated imagery, Richard Prince is a painter and photographer whose works often reimagine existing photographs and media in an attempt to encourage the viewer to look at them from a different perspective – his Cowboy series features several ‘rephotographs’ (a photograph of a photograph) of the original Marlboro cigarette adverts that featured a lone cowboy; in choosing such an iconic subject, Prince hopes to strip it of context and simultaneously celebrate and expose it as a false construct. Asides from his ‘rephotography’, Prince has also created an extensive body of ‘joke paintings’ - the jokes are usually simple and rely on a punchline, one such example being “I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.” Prince was in inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock from an early age, noting that he was drawn to someone who was “fairly antisocial, kind of a loner, someone who was noncollaborative” - he was also inspired by the painting techniques of Willem de Kooning. (Artist website)

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What is contemporary art?

Contemporary art refers to avant-garde or innovative art created in the recent past or present day. The exact starting point of contemporary art varies depending on the institution, often tied to the founding year of museums or galleries that showcase the style. Contemporary art is characterized by its focus on current ideas, diverse media, and the exploration of new concepts and techniques.

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The Greeting Card Jokes #2: The Best Friend, 2011

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