Richard Prince (born August 6, 1949) is an American Conceptual artist and Pop artist who rose to prominence in the 1980's in the East Village, Manhattan. He is best known for depicting models, living room furniture, watches, pens, and jewellery using Rephotography and Appropriation to reflect American pop culture. Prince has been the subject of major survey exhibitions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1992); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1993); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1993); Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2001, traveled to Kunsthalle Zürich and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2007, traveled to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2008); and Serpentine Gallery, London (2008). Prince is regarded as "one of the most revered artists of his generation" according to The New York Times alongside Sherrie Levine, Louise Lawler, Vikky Alexander, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger and Mike Bidlo.
