MOCAD Presents 'Richard Prince: Portraits,' The First Museum Display Of The Artist's Portraiture Series
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) presents the exhibition Richard Prince: Portraits. Richard Prince is an American artist of international recognition and best known for his use of appropriated imagery. Since the late 70s the artist has redefined concepts of authorship, ownership, and aura. Prince has employed a number of strategies to question the authorship, and ownership of artistic imagery. Using the 'electronic scissors' of photography, screenshots, scanner beds and other image capturing devices, Prince has throughout his career crafted techniques of appropriation and provocation. Richard Prince: Portraits subverts historical notions of portraiture through the transference from digital media to the canvas. Marking the first museum exhibition of the work and presented in MOCAD's largest gallery, these ninety-one works invoke the complex issues surrounding representation in the context of contemporary art.
Detroit Design Festival Kicks Off Today
Detroit's annual citywide celebration of design, the Detroit Design Festival (DDF), launches today, Sept. 23 with a kick-off party that will set the stage for 20 more events putting Detroit's creative community on display Sept. 23-28, 2014.
Detroit Design Festival to be Held 9/23-28
Detroit's annual citywide celebration of design, the Detroit Design Festival (DDF), launches Sept. 23 with a kick-off party that will set the stage for 20 more events putting Detroit's creative community on display Sept. 23-28, 2014.
Detroit Design Festival Set for 9/18-22
Detroit will showcase its top and emerging design talent at the third annual Detroit Design Festival (DDF), Sept. 18-22, which takes place at venues along Detroit's Creative Corridor, from Downtown Detroit to New Center, in Eastern Market and in more than 13 neighborhoods throughout Detroit.
PBS to Produce Documentary on Architect Eero Saarinen
A documentary on the life and work of Eero Saarinen, considered one of the masters of American 20th Century architecture, will be produced for PBS and international distribution thanks to a $350,000 matching grant from Michigan entrepreneur A. Alfred Taubman.