Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown. Smith's works and ephemera will be on view for one more week for a special exhibition, curated by Leo Fitzpatrick, held at Marlborough Chelsea's Reading Room in New York.
Autre Hosts The Afterparty For The World Premiere Of Danny Sangra's New Film 'Goldbricks In Bloom' @ The Spare Room In Los Angeles
Watch The Trailer For Danny Sangra's New Film Goldbricks In Bloom On The Occasion Of The Film's Los Angeles Premiere
Goldbricks In Bloom, a new film by Danny Sangra, is a social satire that explores what it means to be an artist today by interweaving the story of a self-obsessed group of disenchanted young creatives with the mythic rise and fall of a New York painter. It stars Zosia Mamet, Jake Hoffman, Leo Fitzpatrick, Waris Ahluwalia and more. Today, the film is available on demand and there will be limited screenings in Los Angeles.
A Long Strange Trip: Read Our Intimate Convo With Actor, Artist And Now Curator Leo Fitzpatrick On Navigating The Tricky Waters of The New York Art World →
It’s been a long strange trip for Fitzpatrick since he was discovered skateboarding in Washington Square Park at age 14 by Larry Clark to star in the director’s seminal ‘90s troublemaker film Kids. Though he has remained involved in acting on and off ever since (he’s most likely appeared in at least one of your favorite shows: The Wire, Carnivale, Banshee, and a hilarious turn in this past season of Broad City as a misdemeanor prone trust fund man child), art has more or less been his primary passion since he bought his first Chris Johanson piece at age 17. He gained some notoriety for his austere and slightly brutal painting style as well as for his documented friendships with some of the early ‘00s’ most famous wild child artists like the aforementioned Snow and Colen, Nate Lowman, and Ryan McGinley. Click here to read our intimate convo with Adam Lehrer.