Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis Critic Reviews
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A love poem to the New York City of the '50s and '60s, when Smith, the visionary of camp (Andy Warhol stole from him), more or less invented performance art.Read the full review
If modern art-lovers want to understand what the Jack Smith experience was like, Jordan's documentary may be their best chance.Read the full review
An insightful and incisive portrait of a self-destructive paranoid artist whose importance is partly hidden by his own divisive nature.Read the full review
Ms. Jordan lets a few subjects contradict the image of Mr. Smith as martyr, but the overall tone is worshipful verging on reductive. You come away impressed by Smith's charisma, versatility and integrity, while also wondering if a man so abrasively self-important could have made such playful art.Read the full review
