{"product_id":"richard-prince-1-2-3-4-9798985236842","title":"Richard Prince: 1, 2, 3, 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrince's artist book revisits his \u003ci\u003e1-2-3-4\u003c\/i\u003e series cheekily compounding found photographs of various group sizes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compilation of works on paper by American appropriation artist Richard Prince (born 1949) belongs to a series titled \u003ci\u003e1-2-3-4\u003c\/i\u003e. Beginning around 2008, Prince began sequencing found photographic portraits into a simple headcount--one person, two people, three people, four people: 1-2-3-4. This process, applied to musicians, actors, celebrities and anonymous individuals, transforms photographs into performing acts: solo artist, duo, trio, quartet. The numbers 1-2-3-4 act like the count-in to a punk\/garage rock song (by The Rascals, The Modern Lovers or The Ramones), an archetypical pop-song time signature. Numbering the images gives the sequence an immediate stamp of action, while the appropriation of jersey numbers makes a sport of it. Prince has repeatedly returned to the 1-2-3-4 device, including his long-deleted Instagram handle, @richardprince1234. In a chapter of his autobiographical memoirs \u003ci\u003eIt's a Free Concert\u003c\/i\u003e, Prince recalls attending the 1969 Woodstock Festival: \"We could hear Country Joe and the Fish coming in from over the fields...'And it's one two three what are we fighting for? \/ Don't ask me I don't give a damn \/ Next stop is Vietnam \/ Whoopee we're all gonna die.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fulton Ryder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175504904466,"sku":"9798985236842","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2569f4ce-479f-4680-909e-3b298908bc73.jpg?v=1744291741","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/richard-prince-1-2-3-4-9798985236842","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}