Prince, Richard | Untitled (from Upstate - garage), 1998 — available on Composition Gallery

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Ektacolor photograph on Kodak Professional paper - Signed and numbered in ink (verso)

Richard Prince’s Untitled (from Upstate - garage) (1998) is a photographic diptych capturing two distinct garages in rural settings. The left panel depicts a weathered garage with white-paneled doors, bearing visible marks of age and surrounded by a wooded backdrop. The right panel features a green-painted garage in a slightly tidier setting, yet still imbued with a sense of rustic character. Together, the two images juxtapose themes of Americana, suburban culture, and the passage of time, reflecting Prince’s fascination with recontextualizing everyday structures. Measuring 50.8 x 61 cm, this work invites contemplation of the narratives embedded in overlooked elements of the everyday.

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

Untitled (from Upstate - garage), 1998

Name: Untitled (from Upstate - garage), 1998
SKU: 10094
Price: 6000.00 USD
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PhotographyPhotography is the process of creating an image on light sensitive materials. The image is produced by using a camera, which has a lens that focuses on light either reflected or emitted from an object. These visible wavelengths are used to reproduce the image seen.

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PhotographA photograph is an image captured with a camera. Traditionally, photographs were made by exposing film and then developing the image on light-sensitive paper using chemicals. Today, photographs can also be captured digitally and printed or displayed electronically. The process requires a camera, whether film or digital, and a photographer.

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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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Lettrism is an art form that uses letters, words, and symbols to create artwork. The movement was established in Paris in the 1940s and later gained popularity in the 1950s in America. Lettrisme is the French spelling of the movement's name, derived from the French word for letter.

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Richard Prince

Untitled (from Upstate - garage), 1998

50.8 x 61 cm

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