STEPHEN PRINA

b. 1954, United States

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Stephen Prina Biography

Born 1954, Galesburg, Illinois, USA.

Lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California.

Courtesy Maureen Paley

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Prina’s work performs a distance that removes art from earthly comprehension ... suggesting how inevitably fragile and frustrating it is to attempt to stabilise meaning, memory, history—and, of course, taste.

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Blind No. 19 Seventeen-foot Ceiling or Lower Phthalo Blue Green ShadeTransparent Yellow Iron OxideQuinacridone Magenta by Stephen Prina contemporary artwork mixed media

Stephen Prina Blind No. 19, Seventeen-foot Ceiling or Lower, Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)/Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide/Quinacridone Magenta, 2012 2 panels: acrylic on linen, window blind mechanism
Variable dimensions
Maureen Paley

Exquisite Corpse The Complete Paintings of Manet 232 of 556 Berthe Morisot a lEventail Berthe Morisot with a Fan 1874 Private Collection Paris March 4 by Stephen Prina contemporary artwork mixed media

Stephen Prina Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet, 232 of 556, Berthe Morisot à l'Eventail, (Berthe Morisot with a Fan), 1874, Private Collection, Paris, March 4, 2012 Left panel: ink wash on rag, barrier paper. Right panel: offset lithography on paper
Variable dimensions
Maureen Paley

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Exquisite Corpse The Complete Paintings of Manet 246 of 556 Portrait de Marie Lafebure a Cheval Portrait of Marie Lafebure on Horseback 1875PUSH COMES TO LOVE Untitled 1999-2015 by Stephen Prina contemporary artwork print works on paper

Stephen Prina Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet, 246 of 556, Portrait de Marie Lafébure à Cheval (Portrait of Marie Lafébure on Horseback), 1875 + PUSH COMES TO LOVE, Untitled, 1999-2015, 2015 Ink wash on rag, barrier paper and offset lithography on paper
90 x 116.5 cm
66 x 83 inches (incl frame) Sprüth Magers Request Price & Availability

galesburg illinois Arnold Newman Marilyn Monroe and Carl Sandburg Beverly Hills California January 20 1962 by Stephen Prina contemporary artwork photography sculpture textile

Stephen Prina galesburg, illinois+, Arnold Newman, Marilyn Monroe and Carl Sandburg, Beverly Hills California, January 20, 1962, 2015 Gelatin Silver print, fabric, wood
64.6 x 75.4 cm
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Exquisite Corpse The Complete Paintings of Manet 259 of 556 Portrait de Stephane Mallarme Portrait of Stephane Mallarme 1876 Jeu de Paume Louvre Paris April 16 by Stephen Prina contemporary artwork print works on paper

Stephen Prina Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet 259 of 556 Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé (Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé) 1876 Jeu de Paume, Louvre, Paris April 16, 2018 Ink wash on rag, barrier paper and offset lithography on paper
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galesburg illinoisgalesburg illinois John Cage Knox College Galesburg Illinois April 1983 Photographer unknown All documentation of John Cages visit to Knox College in February 1972including photographic documentation and an audio recording of his talkis missing from the Knox College Library. This photograph holds the place of the earlier event by Stephen Prina contemporary artwork print sculpture

Stephen Prina galesburg, illinois+, galesburg, illinois+ John Cage, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, April 1983 Photographer unknown All documentation of John Cage’s visit to Knox College in February 1972—including photographic documentation and an audio recording of his talk—is missing from the Knox College Library. This photograph holds the place of the earlier event, 2015 Digital C-print on Fuji DpII Gloss Paper, fabric, wood
68.4 x 60.4 cm
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Maureen Paley contemporary art gallery in London United Kingdom

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Spruth Magers contemporary art gallery in Berlin Germany

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Spotlight The Eternal Echo of Stephen Prina Alessandro Facente In a career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, the U.S. artist and musician reinvents chart‑topping pop songs and iconic works from art history to destabilise notions of memory, history and taste.

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