Dr. Feelgood: Richard Prince Wants To Take Your Temperature . . .

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IMO any "artist" who's sole claim to fame is controversy is sorely over rated. It only shows more effort spent on getting a rise out of the audience then creating. Then the 15 minute wonders are forgotten.

Remember the dung madonna?

Madonna has to be commended on her music industry acumen. She had terms with her record company Maverick through Warner Brothers that mirrored those of Michael Jackson's MJJ with Sony, allowing her creative control and higher profits than many other artists, male or female, at that time. She is, if nothing else, a great entertainer, turning some second-rate dance moves, quasi-slutty clothes and one octave range into an almost a $850 million dollar empire, currently. Her net worth is quickly approaching that of Oprah and within five years she should have over a one billion dollars in assests; a fantastic legacy for herself and, most importantly, for her children. I may not like all her personal choices but there's one thing this woman is not and that is dumb. I respect her keen business sense a great deal.


As far as artists go, some actively court controversy because they have nothing else going for them. Richard Prince's message and motifs are MORE relevant now than they were even in the 1980s. The celebrity saturated, fame-at-any-cost and material goods obsessed culture we live in now is something he almost seemed to predict within his art.


That photo is the only photo of his that's ever caused a frackas and it never even cemented his own fame, which is probably the most ironic thing of all. His Nurses made him famous and for the right reasons.