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Patti's own guided tour of "THE CORAL SEA room" at the LAND 250 exhibition in Paris
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With the July release of THE CORAL SEA now set, here are some of Patti's comments about the objects in the room she has devoted to RM at her Paris art show:
THE CORAL SEA room
The photographs seen on entering The Coral Sea room include one of a tambourine. Robert Mapplethorpe gave me the tambourine, which he fashioned himself, on December 30, 1968. It was my twenty-first birthday.
Robert stretched the goatskin after tattooing my sign (Capricorn the goat)
upon its surface. He added the silk ribbons to give it a gypsy feel.
He used to say he was my gypsy and I his sheperd girl.
Opposite, the guitar seen in the two pictures belongs to Kevin Shields, the founder of My Bloody Valentine. They were taken on the day that he and I performed The Coral Sea in London in memory of Robert, on June 22, 2006.
The Coral Sea room is a memorial to Robert.
It stands in homage to his sensibilities and to the colors I associate with him, as does the formal presentation.
It is a place intended for people to sit and contemplate, or to watch the sea.
The film of the sea was shot by Jem Cohen in 16mm, over several hours.
I like to come in here and meditate and think of Robert, but it is not a sad room.
I remember him as a living artist, someone who lives within me.
The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe printed five photographs, taken by Robert, so that I could incorporate some lines and words in silent collaboration.
They hang parallel and behind the installation.
All the elements in this room are mine.
All are precious: the cloth, a simple piece of French linen, is about 100 years old; the chalice is African carved from driftwood; the slippers belonged to Pope Benedict XV, the very humble pope who canonized Joan of Arc in the early 20th century.
The Coral Sea room serves Roberts memory.
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