Untitled 1991

Curator: This piece is an Untitled work by Richard Prince. While undated, its appearance is consistent with his works on paper. Measuring roughly 38 by 28 centimeters, it presents a chaotic mix of imagery and text. Editor: Whoa, it's like a peek into someone's subconscious. Raw, unfiltered, and a little bit unsettling, like a dream you can't quite shake off. Is that Captain America mashed up with a Playboy bunny skull? Curator: Prince is known for appropriation and recontextualization. He's playing with American iconography and humor, questioning originality, and celebrity culture. Editor: Definitely hitting those notes. It feels almost cynical, this juxtaposition of comic book heroism and sexualized imagery. Like a deconstruction of the American dream—a balloon popped with dark humor. Curator: The use of text adds another layer. We see handwritten jokes and fragments of stories interwoven with the visual elements. Editor: It all adds to the feeling of fragmented memories, cultural detritus swirling together. It is oddly fascinating! Curator: Prince prompts us to question the nature of authorship and the way images circulate and affect us. Editor: Yeah, I'm walking away thinking about what's real, what's borrowed, and what’s just…floating out there.