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Nina Simone's gum / Warren Ellis.
Fine Arts Library N5296.E54 E54 2021
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Warren, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellis, Warren, 1965---Art collections.
- Ellis, Warren.
- Simone, Nina, 1933-2003.
- Simone, Nina.
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes).
- Collectors and collecting.
- Physical Description:
- 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Faber & Faber Limited, 2021.
- Summary:
- On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years. This book is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process, friendship, understanding and love.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0571365620
- 9780571365623
- OCLC:
- 1227270765
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