Just Kids
内容简介
Smith's beautifully crafted love letter to her friend Robert Mapplethorpe functions as a memento mori of a relationship fueled by a passion for art and writing. Her elegant eulogy lays bare the chaos and the creativity so embedded in that earlier time and in Mapplethorpe's life and work.
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作者简介
Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock. Her seminal album Horses, bearing Robert Mapplethorpe's renowned photograph, has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. She has recorded twelve albums.
Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. In 2002, the Andy Warhol Museum launched Strange Messenger, a retrospective exhibit of her drawings, silk screens, and photographs. Her drawings, photographs, and installations were shown in a comprehensive exhibit in 2008 at the Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris.
Her books include Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence.
In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the prestigious title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honor awarded to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Smith married the late Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Smith resides in New York City.
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读书文摘
我遇到的这个男孩羞怯而不善言辞。他喜欢被引领，喜欢被牵着手全心全意地进入另一个世界。即使在他表现得阴柔、驯服的时候，也富于阳性美和保护欲。他在衣着和举止上都一丝不苟，却能在作品里表现出骇人的混乱。他在自己孤单而危险的世界里，期待着自由、狂喜与解脱。
我们总爱笑话小时候的自己，笑我是一个努力学好的坏丫头，而他是一个努力学坏的好小子。多年以后，这些角色会颠倒，然后再颠倒，直到我们开始接受自己的双重性，我们就这样接纳了大相径庭的信条，接纳了自身的光明与黑暗。
有时候我只想举起双手，然后停止。停止什么？或许只是停止长大。
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