{"id":960,"date":"2010-01-10T23:36:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T04:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/01\/10\/patti-smith-steven-sebring-objects-of-life\/"},"modified":"2010-01-26T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T18:47:13","slug":"patti-smith-steven-sebring-objects-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2010\/01\/10\/patti-smith-steven-sebring-objects-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"~PATTI SMITH & STEVEN SEBRING: OBJECTS OF LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"

. . . trying to stay on top of the scene – and, its a downtime – relatively speaking for good ole NYC – is a loser’s proposition. first of all – ALFREDO MARTINEZ just made the NEW YORK TIMES, big time – our expat in CHINA !! and, more importantly – I find myself in the very same position Steven Sebring was in – a fleur on the floor – at her feet. I just can’t bear to edit any of this stuff – down !! what is it about this woman – that turns photogs to mush ? starting, I guess with Robert Mapplethorpe.
\nI stayed at the opening the whole 3 hrs. completely entranced. so, tell me the following needs a second edit.
\nas if !! I don’t know – but, no can do – with the same lovin’ hands – that hold this art baby’s camera.<\/p>\n

\"Pattti
\nat 63 – PATTI SMITH – still real and raw and wild. She wasn’t into having her photo taken, though I wanted to yell out – you look great . . . so I only took a few, of her – after all it was her night. and, she had been nice enough to answer my question about her Native American Indian ancestry. which was: “yes on her mother’s side – the Amagansett – but then they all moved to Canada”. She said they were just a farming tribe – that she wished they had been a warrior tribe – let me tell ya, Patti – there is no farming tribe – without the heavy-duty warriors – to keep the turf safe.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nPatti seemed to be having the best time – when greeting pals, and taking them for tours of the show.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nthe current set of boots.<\/p>\n

\"pattis
\nin the large back room installation – STEVEN SEBRING presented strikingly intense & extremely minimal photographs of 14 ‘significant’ objects belonging to Smith – blown up to huge proportions. more on that – later.
\nSTEVEN SEBRING – ‘BLACK BOOTS’, 2008. archival pigment print. edition 1\/3. 42 x 32 in. ($12,500)<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nok – that’s the second and last time I am gonna try to get her face – I’m gonna lay low – and wait for a time when she isn’t looking . . . <\/p>\n

\"opening
\nSTEVEN SEBRING. he had no problem being photographed – but I would say over-all he seemed on edge over the show.
\nI heard I wasn’t the only one who felt his documentary needed one last closer call – final edit. but when you consider what a hard case she can be – you can only wonder at his years of access – and, all the material he was on-board for. and all the beautiful still photos, and film footage – he took. and, that she let him.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\ncase in point, one of the first photos you encounter – when you enter the show.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nSTEVEN SEBRING, ‘CONEY ISLAND’ 1996. archival pigment print, ed. 1\/3. 40 x 32 in. ($12,000).<\/p>\n

\"patti
\ntalking about legends, MICHAEL STIPE showed up, and of all her friends – she seemed the happiest to see him.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nno wonder, he was keeping it real. as usual.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nmore legends. filmmakers JONAS MEKAS, and ALBERT MAYSLES (‘GIMME SHELTER’) – with STEVEN SEBRING and MICHAEL STIPE.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nJONAS MEKAS – aka – ‘the godfather of American avant-garde cinema” – he worked with ANDY WARHOL, JOHN LENNON and ALLEN GINSBERG. very sharp radar – still !! and the nicest guy. very cool to a fellow photog (that would be me) with a super, make that – unrelentingly – curious mind.
\nsee: JONAS MEKAS !!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"patti
\nALBERT MAYSLES – he made ‘GIMME SHELTER’ (1970) – on the tragic 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway.
\nsee: ALBERT MAYSLES – rhymes with hazels !!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"patti
\nok – here’s my best shot: PATTI SMITH and MICHAEL STIPE <\/p>\n

\"patti
\ngreet …<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nCALVIN KLEIN.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\n… that woman on the right is JESSICA LANGE.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nJESSICA LANGE.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nANNE DEXTER JONES.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\npart-time actor and jewelry designer WARIS AHLUWALIA, and filmmaker CHIARA CLEMENTE.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nKELLY CUTRONE – she is the coolest of them all, you know of PEOPLE’S REVOLUTION and the HILLS !!
\nyou know – she was – LAUREN CONRAD’s employer !!
\nsee: KELLY CUTRONE !!<\/a>
\nup-date: KELLY CUTRONE’S own !! reality show, titled: ‘KELL ON EARTH’ – !! – will premiere FEB 1, 2010 – on BRAVO !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"patti
\nELLEN COHEN, senior editor at RIZZOLI.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nRIZZOLI put out the definitive book on the film:
\n‘PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE’ – FILM BY STEVEN SEBRING<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nrepresenting the downtown scene – DONALD SHERIDAN – silk screen printer for ANDY WARHOL – at the Factory – back in the day – and still running his own shop.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nguitarist JOFF WILSON, of the hometown band – THE BOWERY BOYS – wearing a CBGB t-shirt.
\nHe played on the KOSTABI show a few times, a few years back.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nLENNY KAYE – long time musician with PATTI SMITH – he is cameo-ed in the film.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nhe is also the subject of one of the most haunting photos.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nSTEVEN SEBRING, ‘LENNY KAYE LAST NIGHT AT CBGB OCT 15, 2006’.
\narchival pigment print, ed. 1\/5. 10-3\/4 x 41 in. ($6,500).<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\ndetail, STEVEN SEBRING, ‘LENNY KAYE LAST NIGHT AT CBGB OCT 15, 2006’.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nanother really amazing photo – they were mostly of PATTI – was this one …<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nSTEVEN SEBRING, ‘DIOR’, 2007. Platinum print, ed. 1\/5. 20 x 16 ins. ($5,500).<\/p>\n

\"patti
\ndetail, STEVEN SEBRING, ‘DIOR’. how he ever talked her into this, I do not know. she might not look very happy – but she looks straight-out gorgeous.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nhere’s one of Patti’s own photos – also very haunting – and yet, note – it’s from 2009 !!
\nPATTI SMITH , ‘AUTO PORTRAIT’, 2009. Unique Polaroid print, 12-11\/16 x 11-9\/16 in. ($3,000).<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nPATTI SMITH and STEVEN SEBRING, ‘PORTRAIT: MIXED MEDIA’, 2009
\nAlbumen print with mixed media, 20 x 25 in. ($20,000)<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\ndetail, PATTI SMITH and STEVEN SEBRING – ‘PORTRAIT: MIXED MEDIA’, 2009.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nthere was also an archival poster from many years ago.
\nPATTI SMITH DRAWINGS \/ ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE FILM and STILLS \/ ROBERT MILLER GALLERY \/ JUNE 7 (1978)<\/p>\n

\"patti<\/p>\n

\"patti<\/p>\n

\"patti<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nthere was a re-creation of her room, with early an MAPPLETHORPE loop running on the t.v. – it was hard to make out.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nI preferred this offering of PATTI SMITH – poet – typewriter and books. aka ‘ephemera’.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nand Polaroid.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\non top – ‘JOAN of ARC’ !!<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nGREGORY CORSO, POE, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, WILLIAM BLAKE.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nWILLIAM BLAKE – a big cornerstone for her. She talks alot about his influence in the movie.<\/p>\n

\"patti
\nGREGORY CORSO – ‘LONG LIVE MAN’.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nPatti’s ‘gesture’ painting – featured in the film.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nPATTI SMITH, ‘STRANGE MESSENGER’, 2004. oil, pencil and gauze on canvas mounted on board.
\n91-1\/2 x 92-1\/4 in. NFS.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\ndetail. PATTI SMITH painting. sorry, nice novelty – but that’s about it.
\nand, no. you can’t have it – all !!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nwhich takes us full circle back to that large back room – where the STEVEN SEBRING – monumental and most minimal photos I’ve ever seen – of 12 ‘significant objects’ – held court.
\nyes, her childhood dress – she holds it up in the movie – she really did come out of a time, the late 40’s – when young rural girls still wore these kind of dresses, handmade by their moms – she really did come out of the authentic American rural experience, growing up in factoryland South Jersey USA, and splitting for the big city – New York City – as soon as she was able.
\nAmerican rebel to the core, ground roots up.<\/p>\n

\"Patti
\nlooking back, <\/p>\n

\"patti
\nat an American life – rebel. icon. musician and poet. PATTI SMITH and MICHAEL STIPE.<\/p>\n

OPENING PHOTOS – WED JAN 6, 2010 – PHOTOS BY NANCY SMITH
\n‘PATTI SMITH and STEVEN SEBRING – OBJECTS OF LIFE’
\nthe show runs JAN 6 – Feb 6, 2010
\nROBERT MILLER GALLERY<\/a> – 524 WEST 26th ST – NYC<\/p>\n

see: REVIEW of ‘PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE’ by STEVEN SEBRING\/on artlovers <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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