New Paintings

Published by Fulton Ryder in September 2022, this 377-page cloth hardcover artist's book presents Richard Prince's New Paintings alongside dense autobiographical and art historical commentary. The paintings focus on portraits of painters painting on Instagram, often with their backs to the camera, facing away from the viewer. The resulting images are ambiguously manipulated through digital means, creating what Prince describes as 'social science fiction.' The image captions contain Prince's characteristic 'Bird Talk' text, weaving together autobiography, art history, and cultural commentary. With 370 color images, the book documents Prince's continued engagement with appropriation in the digital age, examining how contemporary artists construct identity and visibility through social media platforms.