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Root Connection: 20 Years of The Patti Smith CollectionPost an Event »
Mills College Art Museum
September 14 - December 11, 2016Info
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http://mcam.mills.edu/
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(510) 430-2164
Reception
September 14, 2016 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Assorted Materials from The Patti Smith Collection of the F. W. Olin Library, Mils College.
The Mills College Art Museum (MCAM) and the F. W. Olin Library are pleased to announce Root Connection: 20 Years of The Patti Smith Collection, on view from September 14 to December 11, 2016. This expansive exhibition features rare and unique materials–many never exhibited in public–from the Special Collections of the Mills F. W. Olin Library. Photographs (both of and by Smith), publications, recordings, and ephemera are showcased together to highlight the breadth of Smith’s artistic experimentation across disciplines including (and not limited to) poetry, music, and photography. Co-curated by Mills College Art Museum Director, Dr. Stephanie Hanor, Library Director and Special Collections Curator, Janice Braun, and Smith donor and collector, Robert Byler, this two-location exhibition presents an unusual and intimate examination of Smith’s work from multiple perspectives, demonstrating the artist’s on-going innovativeness and influence.