RICHARD PRINCE / America Goes To War... Swimming In The Afternoon...

Richard Prince
America Goes To War... Swimming In The Afternoon... 2008
Softcover, 128 pages
25.5 x 22cm
Koenig Books, London & Serpentine Gallery, London

Condition: Fine

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show "Richard Prince: Continuation," held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, June 26 - September 7, 2008. Includes essay "Bringing It All Back Home," by Richard Prince.

One of the most innovative and influential artists of our time, Richard Prince can be variously described as a painter, photographer, sculptor or collector. His work makes use of an eclectic range of approaches to explore his fascination with Americana, pop culture, art, literature and language.

This volume, published to accompany his 2008 exhibition at London's Serpentine Gallery, is envisioned as a continuation of Prince's major 2007 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York – although in a smaller and more personal setting. Prince opens the book with an essay first published in Art in America in 1988. Entitled 'Bringing It All Back Home', this text introduces what is essentially an autonomous artist's book filled with photographs of his works and installations. An end section on different paper features additional texts and a list of exhibitions.