Purple Book

Published in 2012 as a special edition for Purple Fashion Magazine #18 in celebration of the magazine's 20th anniversary, this 80-page artist's book features Richard Prince's collages using celebrity promotional photographs combined with his own text comments and questions. The work includes images of Cher, Keanu Reeves in Point Break, Snoop Dogg, Terence Stamp, Milla Jovovich, Brian Eno, Mel Gibson, and other celebrities. Printed on superior quality glossy and matte paper in A4 format, the publication demonstrates Prince's characteristic appropriation of mass media imagery and his layering of found photographs with text. The collaboration with Purple magazine positions Prince's work within fashion and contemporary culture discourse, extending his practice of transforming celebrity imagery through recontextualization and textual intervention.