Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Art History
Reader 1
Mary MacNaughton
Reader 2
Priyanka Basu
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© 2015 Meghan Michelle Gallagher
Abstract
This thesis explores the re-photography of contemporary artist, Richard Prince. Using Lacanian theories of the gaze and of the drive cycle, it attempts to establish desire as the central theme of Prince's work. It looks primarily at the Cowboys, Girlfriends, and New Portraits, in order to combat the dominant perception of Prince's work as critical commentary on contemporary consumer culture.
Recommended Citation
Gallagher, Meghan M., "Claiming Images: The Production and Preservation of Desire in Richard Prince's Re-Photography" (2015). Scripps Senior Theses. 679.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/679
