Richard Prince's Collected Testimonies

Canal Zone Richard Prince YES RASTA: Selected Court Documents, &c.;, &c.; is a new publication that consists of much of artist Richard Prince’s depositions in a court case brought by photographer Patrick Cariou against Prince and his dealers, Gagosian, for copyright infringement. Prince “borrowed” and “transformed” 41 of the artist’s photographs, though the judge believed that there was very little “transformation” whatsoever, and Prince lost the case. The ruling seems willfully obtuse about all manners of defining fair use, and a number of people are up in arms, though people who believe that any taking is theft are crowing. They should definitely go picket Andy Warhol’s grave.