The great american life.

So tonight Laura and I decided to go to the Guggenheim for the members preview of the new exhibit by Richard Prince. At first I was rather unimpressed. The first pieces were just of pictures he had taken of ads in a magazine, but as we pressed on I saw this whole picture come to life of Americana and before the end I was really enjoying each piece and couldn't wait to see what was next. I think the most amusing pieces were that of these old playboy magazine and whatnot comics he enlarged and screen-printed onto canvas and then added on top of that jokes in random fonts or methods (as in a few of the pieces had the jokes imposed on the canvas in checks with dye on top, interesting...). Most of the jokes you could imagine were from 1950's and '60's joke books, ala 101 Jokes and other things to keep your guests moderately entertained. Although, quite a few were pretty funny stuff. Anyhow, if you get a chance, check out the exhibit before it leaves. Here is the link to Richard Prince's exhibit.