from march 28 to june 22 2008, the fondation cartier will invite everyone interested to land 250, a major solo exhibition of the visual work created by patti smith, a prominent american artist and performer. the exhibition will feature pieces that appeared in the period between 1967-2007. it will introduce its visitors into patti smiths lyrical, spiritual and poetic universe.

the expressive voice of the artist is used to magnify the installations developed exclusively for the exhibition, representing a synthesis of photographs, drawings and films.

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the exhibition at the fondation cartier highlights numerous facets of patti smiths creative process. she took her first photographs to be used in collages in 1967. in 1995, she returned to taking photographs using omega watches a vintage polaroid land 250. patti smith greatly enjoyed the immediacy of the process comparing it to the long process of drawing, recording, louis vuitton watches or writing a poem.