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My Take
Richard Prince is, to me, a brilliant provocateur who built a career on a deliberately uncomfortable question: who really owns an image? By rephotographing ads and appropriating others' pictures, he upended the art world and invited the lawsuits that have shadowed him ever since. I don't think the controversy is a flaw in his work; it's the work. He drags into the open the truth about a culture saturated with copies and reproduction. His birth in the Panama Canal Zone feels oddly fitting for an artist who belongs nowhere and borrows from everywhere. Love him or loathe him, he is impossible to dismiss.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Prince
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・プリンス
- Reading
- りちゃーど・ぷりんす
- Born
- August 6, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Panama Canal Zone, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- photographer / painter / illustrator / sculptor / collagist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.richardprince.com
- Xhttps://x.com/RichardPrince4
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Prince
Frequently asked questions
When was Richard Prince born?
Born August 6, 1949 (age 76).
Where is Richard Prince from?
Richard Prince is from Panama Canal Zone, United States.
What does Richard Prince do?
Richard Prince works as photographer, painter, illustrator, sculptor, collagist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.