Richard Prince - Signed Exhibition Poster

2002

Hand signed by Richard Prince, lower right. Exhibition poster, created for the Richard Prince: “Principals” exhibition, held at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg 2002. Sheet size : 84,0 x 59,4 cm. The show presented Prince’s provocative and influential works, exploring themes of consumerism, pop culture, and identity through his signature use of appropriation and irony.

The poster features an iconic Richard Prince image, showcasing a glamorous woman sipping from a soda can, with her oversized sunglasses and composed demeanor suggesting a critique of superficiality and mass media imagery. The soft, sepia-toned palette combined with bold typography in pink and yellow emphasizes the aesthetic of commercial allure, a recurring theme in Prince’s work. This piece captures his exploration of how advertising, photography, and pop culture shape our perceptions of identity and desire.

Richard Prince (b. 1949) is an American contemporary artist and one of the most important figures in appropriation art. His work became prominent in the 1980s when he began re-photographing advertisements, magazine images, and pop culture icons, often altering them slightly to challenge the boundaries of originality, authorship, and cultural norms.