Untitled 1991

Curator: This "Untitled" work by Richard Prince features graphite and collage on paper. Immediately, I'm struck by the contrast between the sketched figures and the scrawled text. Editor: It feels like a storyboard, or maybe discarded notes. The visible process, the layering of image and text… it disrupts any sense of a unified narrative. What's the source of these scribbles? Curator: Prince often appropriates imagery and text from popular culture. He's known for rephotographing ads and using found language to comment on societal norms. Editor: So the materials themselves are commenting on our own culture of consumption? That Playboy Bunny skull is definitely unsettling, in that context. Curator: Exactly. Prince raises questions about originality, authorship, and the circulation of images in our image-saturated world. Editor: It makes you consider the labor behind creating and then dismantling these symbols. Curator: Indeed, its impact lies in its commentary on image production and the narratives we build around them. Editor: A stark reminder of the power of images, and the stories we consume.