PATTI SMITH Land 250 28 March – 22 June 2008
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris,

Catalogue> Fondation Cartier publishes a reference book on the photographic work: Patti Smith, Land 250. French/English, 230 black/white illustrations (photographs - mainly polaroids taken over thirty-years). The illustrations are enhanced by handwritten texts composed by Patti Smith. Release date: March 2008 fondation.cartier.com

Patti Smith (born 1946, Chicago), one of the founders of the New York punk-rock scene, became in the late 60ies with her androgynous and provocative style an icon of the underground scene. The exhibition gives with visual works from 1967 to 2007 (photographs, drawings, films) an insight into Patti Smith's lyrical, spiritual and poetic universe. You can hear her expressive voice while walking through the visual installations.

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photos: Patti Smith began to take photographs in 1967 for use in collages. In 1995, she returned to photography using a vintage Polaroid Land 250: “The immediacy of the process was a relief from the long involved process of drawing, recording, or writing a poem."

Chaussure de travail / Work boots. Polaroid. Autoportrait, New York / Selfportrait, New York City Polaroid © Patti Smith © Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain