Author: Prince, RichardRichard Prince continues his revival of the Fulton Ryder imprint with an artist’s book that is both a monograph of new artworks and an expansive written statement on art history and personal biography. This title focuses on portraits of painters painting on Instagram, often with their backs to the camera. The resulting images are ambiguously manipulated; the image captions contain a dense 'Bird Talk' text, including ambiguous autobiography and art history commentary.Joan Katz offers some explanation in a comment found in a New Painting, stating: “Deep Nostalgia. Legitimate Doubts. Safeguards to prevent misuse. Digital imitation. Resemblance without manipulations. Skilled impersonations. Staged illusions. Imitation of Life (the sequel). It’s difficult to know if it’s new or just another resurrection. #post_place.”ISBN 9798985236804. Fulton Ryder. hb. 377 pages. 370 colour ills. 32 x 23 cm.available
