Re: Jack Smith soap opera...

[mIEKAL aND]

I forgot to mention the new documenary about Smith... fun website http://www.jacksmithandthedestructionofatlantis.com/ On Mar 21, 2006, at 8:48 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote: Flaming Intrigue What’s happening to the legacy of an avant-garde legend? by C. Carr March 10 - 16, 2004 On January 30, Surrogate Court Judge Eve Preminger ruled that the archive of Jack Smith belongs, in effect, to the artist's younger sister, a 70-year-old Texas housewife named Mary Sue Slater. Auteur of the notorious Flaming Creatures, performance artist before such a term existed, photographer of unlikely incandescences, "the Alfred Jarry of the East Village," Smith died without a will in 1989. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0410,carr,51681,1.html