BIBLIOTHÉQUE
D'UN AMATEUR.
RICHARD PRINCE'S PUBLICATIONS.
1980-2020

Published by Viaindustriae /
Christophe Daviet-Thery / Éditions Centre de la Photographie Genève
368 pages
11 x 16 cm
Softcover
English
ISBN 978-88-97753-71-1

Price: 205 lei


Essays: Vincent Pécoil, Bob Rubin, Yann Sérrandour

Bibliothèque d’un Amateur. Richard Prince’s Publications takes a look at Richard Prince’s library and production of artist’s books published between 1980 and 2020. This book is not a proper catalogue raisonné, but rather an invitation to browse the library of an amateur’s. It allows us to consider this important aspect of Richard Prince’s work, addressing books as well as the notion of a collection and its incompleteness, revealed here by the “ghosts” of missing books. Richard Prince is an avid book designer and collector; this zeal and fervor transpire in many book works where he photographs books from his collection, transforming a publication in an infinite library. Bibliothèque d’un Amateur is also the catalogue of the exhibition “ALL BOOKS AND SOME PRINTS” at Centre de la Photographie Genève (16 March–30 May 2021).