Steven Sebring, "Patti Portrait Detroit" (1995). Gelatin silver print, ed. 1/5, 16 x 20 inches, 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
full of celebrities, I hear, Zac Posen, Michael Stipe, and Mary Ellen Mark were there. I wish I was there too...too bad but I had had the chance to meet with Patti Smith in London at Alison Jacques back during Frieze.
The sprawling exhibition is a collaboration between Patti Smith and Steven Sebring, and is meant as a celebration of the 11 years he spent filming her for his documentary Patti Smith: Dream of Life. Like the film, the exhibition is an "impressionistic portrait of the artist," represented in the form of her drawings, screen prints, poetry, and memorabilia, as well as photographs taken by Sebring. These range from intimate Polaroid prints to large-format, documentary color images of such Smith belongings as her trademark boots, a cherished childhood dress, a necklace Mapplethorpe gave her, and a tiny urn holding some of his ashes.
This show is apparently made of 80 works and in the same way as the Mapplethorpe' show in London, acts as a memorial to the artist. One can feel a bit moved by so much emotion conveyed by the drawings, poems, videos, photographs, silkscreen prints, installations etc.
What did you think of this show?
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