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galleriesBelow: Patti Smith, Pope’s Slippers, 2006.Gelatin silver print. Edition of 10. Copyright© Patti Smith. Image courtesy RobertMiller Gallery, New York.Selden Gile, Spring in Muir Woods. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy George Stern Fine Arts.Important Paintings by EarlyCalifornia ArtistsGeorge Stern Fine ArtsWest Hollywood, CaliforniaIn its exhibition Important Paintings by Early CaliforniaArtists, George Stern Fine Arts provides a reminderof the rich artistry the Golden State has fosteredthroughout its history.The extensive collection on displayfocuses on a plethora of California Impressionistsand Modernist masters, including Franz Bischoff, JessieArms Botke, Conrad Buff, Alson Clark, John Frost,Selden Gile, Percy Gray, Sam Hyde Harris, ClarenceHinkle, Joseph Kleitsch, Emil Kosa Jr., Paul Lauritz, JeanMannheim, Edgar Payne, Hanson Puthuff, Guy Rose,Donna Schuster, Millard Sheets, Dedrick Stuber, ElmerWachtel, Marion Wachtel,William Wendt, and others.January 13, 2007 – February 26, 20078920 Melrose Avenue,West Hollywood, California310.276.2600 • www.sternfinearts.comPatti Smith,A Pythagorean TravellerRobert Miller GalleryNew York, New YorkIt’s been three decades now since New Jerseybornsinger, songwriter and artist Patti Smithbegan gracing us with her experimental andoften challenging creations. It’s no wonder then, thather new exhibit at the Robert Miller Gallery in NewYork—running December 1 st to January 13 th —is sohighly anticipated. Titled A Pythagorean Traveller, theexhibit draws from a collection of photographsSmith herself took over the past three years.Throughout her career, Smith has turned tophotography for a retreat from the world ofmelody; an early seventies bout with Polaroid collagespreceded a 1995 stint photographing Tibetansinging bowls, which in turn led to her more recentwork. “After the events of September 11 th , I beganmaking silk screens of an image of the remains ofthe south tower of the World Trade Center,” recallsSmith. “The immediacy of the process was a relieffrom the long, involved process of drawing, recordingor writing a poem.The feel of immediacy drewme back to the Polaroid.”Gallery Director of Photography Royce Howesis thoroughly thrilled with A Pythagorean Traveller.“What excites me most about Patti's photography,”he says,“is her uncanny ability to coax from her simpleinstrument—a vintage Polaroid Land camera—in an almost alchemic process, personal and evocativeimages of great intimacy and simple beauty.”John McCarthyDecember 1, 2006 – January 13, 2007524 West 26th Street, New York, New York212.366.4774 • www.robertmillergallery.com60 2006 Issue 4