Publisher/Scalo

Google翻訳
"Adult Comedy Action Drama" is a photobook by Richard Prince, a leading contemporary American artist. Drawing on American pop culture from the 1960s to the 1980s and postmodernism, Prince reconstructed visual art through appropriation, utilizing advertisements and images symbolic of American society. His methods, including the reproduction of Marlboro Man's "Cowboys" and the use of works by famous photographers and artists, have led to constant copyright issues and lawsuits. However, they also raise awareness that photography itself is fundamentally an appropriation of reality, teaching us a new way of seeing things. This book, published in 1995, is a representative work among Prince's photobooks. Through depictions of art, fashion, culture, sex, music, and lifestyle, it uniquely portrays American capitalist society and even the inherent latent desires of humanity. With excellent page layout and editing, it's a photobook that condenses Prince's artistic sensibilities, encompassing reality and unreality, imitation and creation. A masterpiece nominated for "The Book of 101 Books."