Judy Linn: 69-76  Photographs of Patti Smith 16 March – 10 April 2011< past  > artist page
Judy Linn's photographs remind me of a description I've long carried in my head, probably for forty years or so, and probably from Lao Tzu tho I'm not really sure, that equates walking thru a stream without disturbing the water with the way to live. She is a great observer of how the big and small pictures are already within one another. I love how she loves the grays, and how she fades light into white the way an abstract painter does. Her photos exude a softness that I want more of in this world, they invite touch. That touch says the world is to be enjoyed and absorbed and clearly Patti and Judy did. This fashion shoot that Patti Smith and Judy Linn evoke is a great tribute to the perennial richness of life on the skinny.

As Judy Linn put it in the first paragraph of her notes in the Patti Smith 1969-1976, Photographs by Judy Linn book just now published by Abrams Image, "I took these photographs before I knew how. In the beginning, it wasn't so much about how we were but who we wanted to be. Made without words or reason, they became an imaginary future. I can only remember the desire that created them - a private desire I learned from a childhood spent watching movies on tv. On a perfect Saturday afternoon I did not read books, I did not go outside. I watched tv and drew."

Judy Linn was born in Detroit, has a BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, lives in NYC, and teaches at Vassar. Her first solo exhibition was at P.S. 1 in 1980 and was curated by Sam Wagstaff. Judy Linn's photographs were introduced to me with a flood of enthusiasm from Hilton Als somewhere around 1994 or 5, and this is her sixth one person exhibition with Feature Inc.
spacer		 Judy Linn, Patti with Pillow (vertical) jlf7033 the images displayed here are a selection
from the exhibition. additional images are
available upon request.

all images are available in the
following sizes:
20 x 24” edition 5 @ $ 10,000.
16 x 20” edition 9 @ $ 7,000.
11 x 14” edition 9 @ $ 6,000.
8 x 10” edition 3 @ $ 4,000. 		Judy Linn, Patti hugs pillow, early 1970s jlf7034 Judy Linn, Patti, Trepel Rockefeller Plaza jlf7043 Judy Linn, Patti, Maybelline, Myrtle Avenue, 1969 jlf7044 Judy Linn, Patti with Bolex, 1969 jlf7035 Judy Linn, A saint in any form, early 1970s jlf7020 Judy Linn, Robert, necklace, 1970 jjlf7003 Judy Linn, Robert in bed at the Chelsea #2, 1970 jlf7004 Judy Linn. Robert, leather suit, 1969 jlf7002 Juddy Linn, V jlf7028 JUdy Linn, Patti and Sam at Sutters, early 1970s jlf7010 Judy Linn, Patti and Sam on her bed, early 1970s jlf7012 Judy Linn, Patti, car and sunflowers, early 1970s jlf7030 Judy Linn, Patti, black slip, early 1970s jlf7026 Judy Linn, Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #1, early 1970s jlf7005 Judy Linn, Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #2, early 1970s jlf7006 Judy Linn, Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #3, early 1970s jlf7007 Judy Linn, Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #4, early 1970s jlf7008 Judy Linn, Desire on 23rd Street, early 1970s jlf7049 Judy Linn, James Joyce on 23rd Street, early 1970s jlf7048 Judy Linn, Laundrobag (Patti as Bob Dylan), early 1970s jlf7013 Judy Linn, Patti as Blaise Cendrars #1, early 1970s jlf7031 Judy Linn, Patti holds nose, early 1970s jlf7046 Judy Linn, Detroit mushroom farm, 1973 jlf7052 Judy Linn, Patti on sofa bed, 23rd St., early 1970s jlf7029 Juy Linn, Robert in bed at the Chelsea #1, 1970 jlf7038 Judy Linn, Robert cloud head, 1969 jlf7042 Judy Linn, Patti and Richard Sohl, 1976 jlf7045 Judy Linn, Patti, closed eyes (from Radio Ethiopia), 1976 jlf7015 Judy Linn, Patti with pipe, 1976 jlf7027
Patti with pillow (vertical), early 1970s ;
silver gelatin print  		 space space Patti hugs pillow, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Patti, Trepel Rockefeller Plaza, early 1970s; silver gelatin print    Patti, Maybelline, Myrtle Avenue, 1969; silver gelatin print   Patti with Bolex, 1969; silver gelatin print   A saint in any form, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Robert, necklace, 1970; silver gelatin print   Robert in bed at the Chelsea #2, 1970; silver gelatin print Robert, leather suit, 1969; silver gelatin print Seventh Heaven, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Patti and Sam at Sutters, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Patti and Sam on her bed, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Patti, car and sunflowers, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Patti, black slip, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #1, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #2, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #3, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Robert gets dressed at the Chelsea #4, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Desire on 23rd Street, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   James Joyce on 23rd Street, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Laundrobag (Patti as Bob Dylan), early 1970s; 
silver gelatin print  		 Patti as Blaise Cendrars #1, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Patti holds nose, early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Detroit mushroom farm, 1973; silver gelatin print   Patti on sofa bed, 23rd St., early 1970s; silver gelatin print   Robert in bed at the Chelsea #1, 1970; silver gelatin print   Robert cloud head, 1969; silver gelatin print   Patti and Richard Sohl, 1976; silver gelatin print   Patti, closed eyes (from Radio Ethiopia), 1976; silver gelatin print   Patti with pipe, 1976; silver gelatin print  
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