Richard Prince Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine; $90,000 Prints offered for $90

I must admit that when I first heard of Richard Prince and his “appropriation” art I was somewhat shocked. It’s bad enough that you can “steal” other people’s work without giving them credit. I don’t understand how it is that some can sue for the most minor copyright infringement (one hears stories of the Girl Guides being sued by a large corporation because it owns the copyright to “Happy Birthday” and they were singing it around the campfire without permission). It’s even worse when the product is then sold for very large amounts of money with the original creator getting nothing. It was then with great joy that I read the piece below. Good for them!

I also liked this video: Richard Prince Smells Bad from The Art of Photography by Ted Forbes.

Prince’s latest controversial “art” is basically a series of screenshots of various Instagram photos, along with the uploader’s name and some of the comments. In order for the work to be considered his own, Prince added a comment to the original photo – and voila! The magic of appropriation in its most embarrassing moment.

The so-called ‘face’ of the story has been blue-haired Doe Deere, but while she has stated she will not “go after him”, another party involved in this disgraceful incident has decided to take action, and in the most appropriate way.

One of the ripped-off photos belongs to SuicideGirls, and its founder Missy announced yesterday that they’re fighting back by selling prints of Prince’s appropriated work for just 0.1% of his selling price.

via Richard Prince Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine; $90,000 Prints offered for $90 – DIY Photography.