Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe 2007

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Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North America at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and in Europe at Art Basel. It explores the influence curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and musician/poet Patti Smith had on the 1970s art scene in New York City.

  • Released: 2007-05-01
  • Runtime: 77 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Stars: John Giorno, Ingrid Sischy, Dominick Dunne, Robert Mapplethorpe, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Joan Juliet Buck, Sam Wagstaff, Gordon Baldwin, Patti Smith, Dick Cavett, Paul Walter, Pierre Apraxine, Jean-Jacques Naudet, Raymond Foye, Richard Tuttle, Eugenia Perry, Tukey Koffend, Clark Worswick, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Holly Solomon  Show all >
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  • Director: James Crump