text by GLENN O’BRIEN photographs by STÉPHANE FEUGÈRE The collision of art and fashion has never been so direct. On one end, RICHARD PRINCE uses his visual signature to reinterpret the monograms on Louis Vuitton bags and accessories. On the other, Marc Jacobs transfers the Nurse paintings to the Louis Vuitton runway for a collection inspired by these famous pieces. Is this collaboration the end of an era or the beginning of a closer collaboration between artist and designer? RICHARD PRINCE wrote me an email yesterday. “I can feel the dogs nipping at my feet. Backlash is lashing.” Yeah, I know, buddy. It had to happen. There’s no escaping the wrath of the satisfied customer. It takes guts to be a real artist. Given the current state of culture, almost anything worth doing is going to divide people along factional lines, and inspire pockets of venomous, virulent hatred. (See Newton’s Third…