{"product_id":"mkt-maripol-maripol-patti-astor","title":"'Patti Astor' accompanied by signed copy of Maripolarama","description":"\u003cp\u003eMARIPOL!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatti Astor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003esigned, numbered, and embossed by the artist (bottom right)\u003cbr\u003earchival pigment print on museum paper\u003cbr\u003esheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)\u003cbr\u003eframe: 18 1\/2 × 22 1\/4 × 1 1\/4 inches (47 × 56.5 × 3.2 cm)\u003cbr\u003eThis work is edition 1 from an edition of 25. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece is accompanied by a signed copy of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eMaripolarama Polaroids by Maripol. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eSigned by maripol on the first page in pink ink \"Back to the 80s!\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXHIBITED: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles, Beyond the Streets, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Streets\u003c\/em\u003e, May–August 2018\u003cbr\u003eNew York, Beyond the Streets, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Streets\u003c\/em\u003e, June–August 2019\u003cbr\u003eMelbourne, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV),\u003ci\u003e Crossing Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBathed in soft light with Lower Manhattan behind her, Patti Astor strikes a pose that feels both triumphant and cinematic: an emblem of downtown New York’s wild, rebellious pulse. Shot by Maripol, the artist who defined the look of the era through her Polaroids and photographic prints, this portrait is a love letter to the city and its underground heroines. From the personal collection of Maripol, it offers a rare, firsthand glimpse into that moment in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA regular at clubs like Mudd Club, Studio 54, the Roxy, and Peppermint Lounge, Astor moved through the same circles as Basquiat, Haring, Fab 5 Freddy, and Maripol - figures she not only partied with but also exhibited at her trailblazing FUN Gallery. Maripol, always camera in hand, captured Astor not as a subject but as a collaborator, alive in the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePatti Astor and Maripol were pivotal figures in the downtown New York art and music scenes of the early 1980s. Astor, the co-founder of the Fun Gallery, played a critical role in bringing graffiti and street artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Futura, and Keith Haring into the formal art world. Maripol immortalized the scene through her photographs and styling, building a visual archive of a generation in flux. Together, they shaped the visual and cultural identity of downtown New York in its most iconoclastic years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photograph is part of a series shown at Clic Gallery and was later discussed by Astor herself in the documentary \u003cem\u003eBlank City\u003c\/em\u003e, where she reflected on Maripol’s role in visually archiving the beating heart of 1980s Downtown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MARIPOL!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46653142761721,"sku":"JP0625037","price":3100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/2783\/5385\/files\/maripolaroids_175_1.jpg?v=1752804328","url":"https:\/\/shop.joopiter.com\/products\/mkt-maripol-maripol-patti-astor","provider":"Joopiter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}