Patti Smith: A Book of Days contemporary art Menna Agha

Menna Agha

auteur of the transgressive movie classics Pink Flamingos

primordial matter both in the gallery and for this artist’s edition Black Box where it is transferred to an ‘urn-like’ vessel

In prose that is simultaneously sharp and soulful

Drawing on influences including commercial graphics and the tradition of Central and Latin American mural and devotional painting

Patti Smith: A Book of Days contemporary art Menna AghaBloomsbury Publishing, 2024, softcover, 400 pages, 12. 6 x 17. 8 cm In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message "Hello Everybody!" Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity