This volume is an artist’s book and monograph assembled by American conceptual artist Richard Prince, best known for his subversive appropriation art that draws on imagery from pop culture and consumer culture. Integrating collage, impasto and oil stick, his recent paintings contain a zigzag retrospective of Prince’s earlier work, intercut with appropriated photographic images. 'Folksongs' showcases his new body of paintings alongside studio photos and documentation of various sculptures.Repeating motifs include close-up shots of eyeballs, sutured skin and mouths with a cigarette dangling between the teeth, which he has scrawled over and around with swaths of oily pigment and thick, impasto brushstrokes, creating a collage of found imagery and original mark-making. The book also highlights recent sculptures comprised of shredded denim and card tires. Published by Fulton Ryder, Prince’s private imprint, Folksongs continues a series of artist’s books on both retrospective and new artworks.ISBN 9798985236859. Fulton Ryder. hb. 193 pages. 193 colour ills.in stock
