Looks like Monday is Unboxing Day. Whether UPS or USPS, be sure to thank the union members who worked through the weekend to bring you your art nerdy books.
The hardback with the current cover design [updated link, see below] arrived in Mondo Blogoland. I really do like this cover, too. Patrick thinks I should change it back to the softcover version, though, so that his is more collectible. Which is a very generous and slightly hilarious thing to say.
I was also thinking of making a 2-color silkscreen print out of this cover image. Or maybe even a whole portfolio of the Prince v. Cariou exhibits. I tell you, look at Rauschenberg too long, and you'll want to start silkscreening everything that's not pinned down.
Oh ho, at Joy Garnett's studio [below], they staged an impromptu reading of my "conceptual piece." And now I'm thinking that staging a dramatic re-enactment of portions of the transcript some night could be a lot of fun. Hmm.
Meanwhile, back at Canal Zone Richard Prince YES RASTA: Selected Court Documents &c., &c. HQ, the champagne mangoes have a new, romantically exotic friend:
Cariou's book was apparently supposed to be available as a limited edition, with a signed print. Did not know that. It says it right there on the colophon, though: "A slipcased, limited edition of this book with a signed and numbered artwork by the artist is available upon inquiry; please contact the publisher."
There's also a credit to The Small Darkroom, New York for "gelatin-silver prints," a reference, presumably, to the edition. And there's a separate ISBN number, 1-57687-074-X, which goes basically nowhere. Which means that Cariou and/or powerHouse had planned to do a limited edition, but it never happened. Wonder why that was? I guess if I were an attorney for someone getting sued for damaging someone's book and photography market, I might care a little more.
Apr 2011 update: At the moment, the hardcover copy is not available. Here's a new link to order a softcover copy of the new, expanded edition, which includes Prince's entire deposition, and additional legal documents.
