"Richard Prince's appropriation-based practice has greatly influenced the development of contemporary art since the late 1970s. His Subject matter is pilfered directly from the vast image bank of popular culture, creating works that simultaneously embrace and critique a quintessentially low-brow American sensibility, ranging from the Marlboro Man and muscle cars to crude jokes and pulp fiction. 'Playboy' magazine has been a source of inspiration for Prince since he began appropriating cartoons from Hugh Hefner's adult publication in the early 1980s. In his recurring Bunny Skull motif, the air of urbane sophistication and erotic adventure associated with the Playboy logo is undercut by a menacing, yet sardonic, symbol for piracy." -- publisher's statement.