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| Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe |
Featuring Patti Smith and various art world luminaries, James Crump's insightful debut examines Sam Wagstaff as the driving force behind the
enfant terrible of photography, Robert Mapplethorpe.
Prior to meeting the young Mapplethorpe (and his roommate, punk rock poet laureate, Patti Smith), Wagstaff had come to prominence as an innovative curator and foremost collector of photography, (whose collection sold to the Getty Museum for $5 million in 1985).
Wagstaff's forceful patronage left an indelible mark on the artistic landscape, propelling Mapplethorpe's groundbreaking career whilst cementing his own reputation within America's art history.
Featuring Patti Smith, Dominick Dunne, Eugenia Parry, Clark Worswick and Ralph Gibson. Australian Premiere!
