Filmmaker & performance artist, early progenitor of “Camp & Trash,” precursor to John Waters, Jack Smith, who Laurie Anderson called the godfather of American performance art and who Warhol once said was the only person he’d copy, who’s best known work, Flaming Creatures inspired Barbara Rubins’ Christmas on Earth, here photographed in a performance piece, New York City, May 1984 (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) #jacksmith #flamingcreatures #experimentalfilm #avantgarde #johnwaters #andywarhol #allenginsberg #performanceartists (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lh2iFhr6Y/?igshid=10cytasu56cjs













