Greg Allen

Compilation of documents including deposition transcripts, legal filings and other evidence surrounding Patrick Cariou's lawsuit against Richard Prince, Larry Gagosian, and Rizzoli International Publications. Edited by Greg Allen. Most importantly contains engrossing, unedited, interview of Richard Prince by opposing lawyers. "While picking through the court documents in Patrick Carious copyright infringement case against Richard Prince, I realized the excerpts of testimony from the artist's 7-hour, court-ordered deposition filled nearly 400 pages, making it the most exhaustive interview Prince has ever done. So I extracted and collated them and added relevant exhibits. And I included key legal arguments made by both sides, as well as the judge's controversial ruling against Prince [and his dealer Larry Gagosian.] This compilation is not a comprehensive or authoritative documentation of Cariou v. Prince et al. Instead, it is intended to serve as an art historical and critical resource, filtering relevant primary information about Prince's biography, practice and work from the voluminous, largely inaccessible public record. But it also offers a fascinating, if at times exasperating, discussion of art, appropriation, creativity and originality. And now that its all in one book instead of scattered over 54 different PDFs, it is a real page-turner. Have at it, folks!" -- publisher's statement.… (mere)