Richard Prince

Richard Prince is an American conceptual artist and pop artist who rose to prominence in the 1980s in the East Village, Manhattan. He is best known for depicting models, living room furniture, watches, pens, and jewellery using rephotography and appropriation to reflect American pop culture. Prince has been the subject of major survey exhibitions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1992); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1993); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1993); Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel ; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ; and Serpentine Gallery, London (2008). Prince has been considered by some as "one of the most revered artists of his generation", according to The New York Times.