On Wednesday November 1, I will be giving ('celebrity' [?!]) talk at the Art Gallery of New South Wales to tie in with the major Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition they've got going on there (see more here). I’ll be using that cover of Patti Smith's Horses whose photo he shot as a starting point to go into punk/post-punk record cover design generally as a means of illustrating the way art and music intersected in the late 70s to ultimately force the cultural sea change that followed in the 80s. Starts at 6:30 and, best of all, it's free... |