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Just Kids

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ItwasthesummerColtranedied,thesummerofloveandriots,andthesummerwhenachanceencounterinBrooklynledtwoyoungpeopleonapathofart,devotion,andinitiation.PattiSmithwouldevolveasapoetandperformer,andRobertMapplethorpewoulddirecthishighlyprovocativestyletowardphotography.Boundininnocenceandenthusiasm,theytraversedthecityfromConeyIslandtoForty-secondStreet,andeventuallytothecelebratedroundtableofMax'sKansasCity,wheretheAndyWarholcontingentheldcourt.In1969,thepairsetupcampattheHotelChelseaandsoonenteredacommunityofthefamousandinfamous—theinfluentialartistsofthedayandthecolorfulfringe.Itwasatimeofheightenedawareness,whentheworldsofpoetry,rockandroll,art,andsexualpoliticswerecollidingandexploding.Inthismilieu,twokidsmadeapacttotakecareofeachother.Scrappy,romantic,committedtocreate,andfueledbytheirmutualdreamsanddrives,theywouldprodandprovideforoneanotherduringthehungryyears.JustKidsbeginsasalovestoryandendsasanelegy.ItservesasasalutetoNewYorkCityduringthelatesixtiesandseventiesandtoitsrichandpoor,itshustlersandhellions.Atruefable,itisaportraitoftwoyoungartists'ascent,apreludetofame.

作者简介

PattiSmithisawriter,performer,andvisualartist.Shegainedrecognitioninthe1970sforherrevolutionarymergenceofpoetryandrock.HerseminalalbumHorses,bearingRobertMapplethorpe'srenownedphotograph,hasbeenhailedasoneofthetop100albumsofalltime.Shehasrecordedtwelvealbums.SmithhadherfirstexhibitofdrawingsattheGothamBookMartin1973andhasbeenrepresentedbytheRobertMillerGallerysince1978.In2002,theAndyWarholMuseumlaunchedStrangeMessenger,aretrospectiveexhibitofherdrawings,silkscreens,andphotographs.Herdrawings,photographs,andinstallationswereshowninacomprehensiveexhibitin2008attheFondationCartierPourl'ArtContemporaininParis.HerbooksincludeWitt,Babel,Woolgathering,TheCoralSea,andAuguriesofInnocence.In2005,theFrenchMinistryofCultureawardedSmiththeprestigioustitleofCommandeurdesArtsetdesLettres,thehighesthonorawardedtoanartistbytheFrenchRepublic.ShewasinductedintotheRockandRollHallofFamein2007.SmithmarriedthelateFredSonicSmithinDetroitin1980.Theyhadason,Jackson,andadaughter,Jesse.SmithresidesinNewYorkCity.

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