A Five-Point Guide to the Art and Style of Stuart Sutcliffe

"How do you talk about an artist who died just as he was getting ready? Who was already there. (Not on his way but arrived.) And then just like that, some unforeseen medical condition zapped him and cut him down. Dead at 21. This is what happened to Stu Sutcliffe." So begins Richard Prince's moving introduction to the catalogue for a recent exhibition of the work of British artist Stuart Sutcliffe at Harper's Apartment, New York. Arguably best remembered as the original bass…