Producer:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Sitter:

Patti Smith, born 30 Dec 1946  Search this

Robert Mapplethorpe, 04 Nov 1946 - 09 Mar 1989  Search this

Medium:

Video recording

Dimensions:

Duration (1): 54 min., 13 sec.

Duration (2): 53 min., 44 sec.

Duration (3): 55 min., 33 sec.

Type:

Time-Based Media

Date:

December 11, 2010

Description:

Patti Smith on "Just Kids," her National Book Award-Winning memoir. Patti Smith discussed "Just Kids" at the National Portrait Gallery on December 11, 2010. She was interviewed by the NPG's David C. Ward, Historian. "Just Kids" is a memoir of early 1970s Manhattan and of Patti Smith's friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. Discussion produced by the NPG's education department, and is in conjunction with the NPG exhibition "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture." Talk currently located on the National Portrait Gallery's iTunesU page, and on the National Portrait Gallery's YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGgYzKP72hM&feature=plcp.

Topic:

Robert Mapplethorpe: Male  Search this

Robert Mapplethorpe: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this

Robert Mapplethorpe: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

Patti Smith: Female  Search this

Patti Smith: Literature\Writer  Search this

Patti Smith: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this

Patti Smith: Awards  Search this

Patti Smith: National Book Award  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Audio/Visual Special Collection

Object number:

AV.2011.EDU.40

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bed07e6a-cb96-43b3-91d7-6df3b2e1ae39

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_AV.2011.EDU.40