Patti Smith: Strange Messenger (Paperback)

~ David Greenberg (Author), John Smith (Editor), (Author)

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Product Description

Impossible to categorize, moving easily between the literary, art, and musical worlds, always unpredictable and impassioned, idiosyncratic musician and artist Patti Smith here presents an impressive body of visual art, mostly works on paper. Bringing together approximately 60 works spanning the past 30 years, Strange Messenger collects early pieces as well as new ones inspired by the September 11, 2001, bombing of the World Trade Center, in which Smith expresses her views about violence, religion, war, and intolerance. This book marks the first occasion that Smith's drawings have been brought together in a single volume, as well as the first publication of most of the included works. Rumpled, tattered, unkempt, hirsute, [Patti] Smith defies the rules of femininity. Soulful, haggard and emaciated yet raffish, swaggering and seductive, she is mad saint, dandy and troubadour, a complex woman alone and outward bound for culture war. --Camille Paglia

Edited by John W. Smith.
Essays by David Greenberg and John W. Smith.

Paperback, 6.5 x 9 in., 80 pages, 50 color 6 b/w illustrations

About the Author

Born in Chicago and raised in Woodbury, New Jersey, just across the state line from Philadelphia, Patti Smith, unable to find her place in high school society, took refuge in Bob Dylan, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, and the images of Rimbaud. Dropping out of Glassboro State Teacher's College, she headed for New York, where she met and moved in with an art student named Robert Mapplethorpe. In 1975 she released her celebrated debut album, Horses. The rest is rock 'n' roll history.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: The Andy Warhol Museum (April 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971568820
• ISBN-13: 978-0971568822
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #990,532 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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