Jokes Gangs Hoods: Richard Prince

Richard Prince
Jokes Gangs Hoods
Jablonka Galerie, 1990
Softcover, approx. 80 pp
17.5 x 26 cm
Edition of 2,000
Text in English and German

Published on the occasion of Richard Prince’s exhibition at Jablonka Galerie in Cologne, Jokes Gangs Hoods brings together three of his most iconic early series in a single volume. The book captures the pivot from appropriation to authorship—where jokes become paintings, cars become symbols, and gangs become vessels for American mythology.

Offset-printed and bound in illustrated wraps, the catalog is crisp and direct in format, echoing Prince’s stripped-down aesthetic. Exhibition views and selected works are interspersed with essays and text fragments, documenting a moment when Prince’s conceptual practice fully collided with pop culture.

Now out of print, this softcover edition of 2,000 remains one of the most essential records of Prince’s early '90s output—and a cult favorite among collectors.