These five artists established the movement that has become known as The Pictures Generation that now includes Cindy Sherman, RichardPrince, Laurie Simmons and others.
Curated by Douglas Crimp,the show included Robert Longo, Sherrie Levine, Troy Brauntuch, Jack Goldstein and Philip Smith. Philip Smith’s pictographic work was first seen in the seminal Pictures Exhibition at Artists Space. Philip talks about his Father Lew Smith whom some could say has similarities to legendary mystic Edgar Cayce. John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilįor the first time since 2014, Bestselling Author & Renowned Artist Philip Smith returns to the Outer Limits of Inner Truth Radio Show. He lives in Miami, Florida.“Philip Smith’s compelling readable memoir of his father-a psychic, exorcist, hands-on healer, and… decorator!-is as entertaining as it is bizarre, all the way to its unexpected and deeply moving conclusion.” Philip Smith is the former managing editor of GQ and an artist whose works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museaum of American Art, the Dalla Museum of Art,and the Detroit Institute of Arts, among other. Surrounded by invisible spirits who tend to behave like nagging relatives, Philip looks for ways to escape his mystical home life - including forays into surfing, and even Scientology.īy turns hilarious and profound, Walking Through Walls recounts Philip Smith's often bizarre but always magical coming of age in a household that felt like a cross between Lourdes and the set of Rosemary's Baby, and shows how he managed to map out his own identity in the shadow of a father who, truly, loomed larger than life itself. While there are benefits to having a miracle man in the house, Philip soon discovers the downside of living with a father who psychically knows everything he is doing.
Walking Through Walls, is today's special guest Philip Smith's astonishing memoir of growing up in a household where séances, talking spirits, and exorcisms were daily occurrences, and inexplicable psychic healings resulted in visitors suddenly discarding their crutches and wheelchairs or being cured of fatal diseases. For his son, Philip, watching his father transform himself, at a moment's notice, from gracious society decorator into a healer with supernatural powers was a bit like living with Clark Kent and Superman. After a full day of creating beautiful interiors for the rich and famous, Lew Smith would come home, take off his tie, and get down to his real work as a psychic healer who miraculously cured thousands of people.
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