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About Patti Smith

Patti Smith is a writer, artist and performer.

Her seminal album Horses was followed by eleven releases, including Radio Ethiopia, Easter, Dream of Life, Gone Again, Peace and Noise, Trampin’ and Twelve. Her artwork was first exhibited at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973, and she has been associated with the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978.

“Strange Messenger” a retrospective of three hundred works, made it’s debut at the Andy Warhol Musuem in Pittsburg and has been exhibited world wide, most notably at the Institute of Contemporary art, Philidelphia: Haus der Kunst,  Munich: the Parco museum, Tokyo: The Musuem Boijsmans Van Beunigen, Rotterdam and The Palazzo Fontano di Trevi, Rome. Her books include Witt, Babel, Wool Gathering, The Coral Sea, Complete, and Augeries of Innocence.

On July 10, 2005 she received the commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres; the highest grade awarded by the French Republic to eminent artists and writers who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts through out the world.

Official Website: http://www.pattismith.net