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Re: I'm from normal parents (The Pyramid Club Topic)
Tabboo on the go go bar, Baby Gregory on the street outside selling handmade"dolls" or painted tiles or little drawings or whatever else he could think of that week to get some more crack money but God how I miss his Janis. My parties there called 101 Varieties, short lived but debuted with Miss Harry reciting her poetry on my birthday night, that big skinny junkie looking man in chaps with a sourpuss face rushing to and from, Greer Lankton and Costa Pappas, DJ's Dany Johnson, Sister...
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Gosh how i miss her. I used to stop in and visit her at her loft and have tea and smoke pot and laugh. She was a true genius. What a great face and a great laugh. She must trully reside in the artist section of Heaven. Greer was a great soul, I miss her. A Legend.i
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I saw her big titted sculpture at a Whitney Annual which included more G&L artists than ever before, curated by an exceptional gay artworld celeb, Klaus Kertess, and was delightfully surprised that a trans-artist was included in the show, especially in an art climate that was and still is, although administered by art fags and women, in many ways predominantly macho,(compare prices of male artist's work with that of females-- even after women's lib!) I was anxious to see more of her work...
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The Mattress Factory does have a few images from her "It's all about ME, Not You": http://www.mattress.org/catalogue/96/king/96.lankton.html
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Anyone remember her store in the East Village? The windows were always spectacular. Such a talent.
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Jojo's site is now up. You can now see many of his dolls. He learned his dollmaking craft from Greer. You will see a lot of her style reflected in his work, and there are a couple of pictures of her with her dolls on Jojo's bio page. http://jojochicago.com XXXOOO Satori [This message was edited by Zazoo and Satori on 06-07-02 at 11:57 PM.] [This message was edited by Zazoo and Satori on 06-11-02 at 11:01 PM.]
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Wow! JoJo's work is amazing on its own and an incredible tribute to his artistic mother, as well. I believe either Gracie or Pat Hearn handled a lot of Greer's work at the time, in addition to Paul's store, Rose. I own a small ink and watercolor painting by Greer that is one of my absolute treasures. And one of her few forays into two-dimensional expression. She was a true visionary.
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In the late 80's I used to live about a block away from Einsteins and I must say the store was incredible. You could see some of the best Greer dolls in the Einsteins window: Candy Darling, Divine, Peggy Moffitt, Diana Vreeland. Not only was the boutique full of vintage Chanel and Pucci, but Greer's husband, Paul Monroe, designed beautiful surreal jewelry. Bracelets made of pills, necklaces reflecting with hundreds of mirrors, tiny buckets of champagne on ice swinging from earrings. The...
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i meet greer in a drag bar in chicago called CHEEKS. well i walked up to her and said whats a nice lady like you doing in a place like this.? she was looking like a chanel model. she said in her hamous raspy voice 'i'm one of the gyrl's too'.then we sat and i told her i was a puppet maker and she told me she was a doll maker. and we were together ever since. stich and bitch was what we did every day for almost 9 years .until two weeks before thanksgiving almost 5 years ago now. she was raped...
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Oh my God Jo Jo, I had no idea any of that happened. Did anyone else know all that?
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yes she told people but it was like no one wanted to hear it ....no one ever wants to hear the bad stuff. and too top it off her parents when she died trew all of her stuff in the alley for the bumbs to take instead of giving it to friends. so i became a garbage picker and i have her wedding dress and some dolls that made it to the heep.
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the andy warhol mattress factory still owns " its all about me...not you"by greer its a great show if you ever get to see it. it was the last thing she did.when the andy warhol factory came to her she didnt know what to do ....so she gave them her apartment. it was only 10 by 10 box and packed full of the most wonderful things you have ever seen....they have a small portrait of greer doing crack ....that is sad but but hauntingly her...i have her siamese twins and a bust of therin(who is...
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I spoke to her the day before she was attacked..she was so lost and confused about what to do with the Warhol people.I told her to make them pay her through the nose. I loved her so much. I think of her so often. greer was a major ruler in her day.
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That's one reason why we started The Downtown Costume Institute. STUPID families from STUPID places throwing out BRILLIANT art made by BRILLIANT people after they died. When Madame died for example, her family came from some god-forsaken American toilet and raped her appartment. They threw out EVERYTHING. Sixty something years of magic gone in an instant! They refused to believe that Madame was gay (and dressed in drag). The Metropolitan Museum begged for those costumes (as did alot of other...
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i would give greer's wedding dress and some of my things if they would be taken care of...even thou when i show my greer doll i made... she wears the dress.i always worry about what will happen to my thing if i was too cross over...my brothers wouldnt want it.it is very beautiful her wedding dress she made it herself...thou she took part of it when she did the opening at the mattress factory...and cut one of the panels to make a shall...i need to get it repaired...but still lovely
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Which is pretty fitting, considering that Jojo's lively demeanor, colorful appearance and eye-catching art make him one of Chicago's most visual – and visible – personalities. Little known fact: as a child, Jojo wanted to be a priest. A stint at Quigley North Prepatorial Seminary deemed him "too theatrical" for the papacy. That's an understatement (although he did hone his hair sculpting skills for the stage – for artists Cinderella, Judas Priest, UB40, Guns and Roses and others). Jojo's...
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i just got a call by paul and he is writing a book about greer...paul for those of you who dont know is greer's husband....so i'm sending photos i have and if anyone else does please send them as well.... lets make this book the bomb
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Jo Jo, Email us or call and we'll tell you about The Downtown Costume Institute.
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greer was raped by her grandfather (her mothers father).when greer told her mother greer was told she made it up and i quess the mother (lynn)hated her ever since then.then the mother forged the sex change documents and had the sex change done out of state and the church that greer's father was and is the paster of payied for the change....because they could see having a daughter and not a gay son...greer allways regreted getting the change....but then her mother sexually abused her after...
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Greer Lankton was a huge influence on me and my work as a puppeteer. I have postcards of her dolls that remain central to some my most precious work. a book and an exhibit of any kind would be amazing
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I have to say that even though I have never heard of her, she sounds like she was an extremely fascinating person. It's unfortunate what happened to her.
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Hi Basil, Sabrina was trying to hook us up with you while we were up in June... Jojo had one of his dolls, and one of Greer's with him, and we've all read so much about your work...can't wait to see one of your shows. Jojo found this picture of himself in Greer's apartment. I thought I'd post it, because you can see some of her work in the background. XXXOOO Satori
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yes that is a photo greer took of me . the big doll on the floor is Candy Darling. do believe she had put up three shows at the same time from this little 10x10 studio is amazine in itself....the other doll in the window is co-co she later cut her face of and made her younger....and is still in the collection owned by the andy warhol museum....the show is called " its all about me not ....you'.
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yes that is a photo greer took of me . the big doll on the floor is Candy Darling. can you believe she had put up three shows at the same time from this little 10x10 studio is amazine in itself....the other doll in the window is co-co she later cut her face of and made her younger....and is still in the collection owned by the andy warhol museum....the show is called " its all about me not ....you'.
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jojo when i come to chicago this year i hope to meet you and your puppets basil
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This topic has moved me no end, and since Greer was first and foremost an ArtMaker, I have moved her topic here from NYC Girls. She could have gone so many places - Hopelessly Devoted for one - but it is her work that lives on, and her descendants, many of whom are here! I was mentioning this phenomenon to several people lately - that "Greer's Kids" (Z&S, JoJo Baby, Gigi etc.) should be here. One was the Mboards own mister e, who is a master archivist and historian. He dug up these...
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this one is STUNNING. From what mr e told me, Larissa got all bothered because she assumed the doll was based on her! And it wasn't...
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She looks really happy in that last shot. Last time we were up in Chicago @ Jojo's we watched Nan Goldin's "I'll be your Mirror." Greer was interviewed for the film. It's amazing to see her on film, because we never got to meet her in person. There are also a few of her dolls throughout the film. XXXOOO S
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This image (posted by Chi Chi yesterday) has fascinated me all night, thank you so much for posting it Chi – [and Mr. e] there is something so beautiful, truly entrancing in the aging doll flesh of these pink and cheery burlesque dames. I would be happy I think to have been any of them in another life. Where are these dolls now? Does anyone know? D. also is overwhelmed by the detail in the wrinkly breasts, the difference in skin color doll to doll, the warm confidence that shines through, a...
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bazil i can not wait to meet you either...it is so good to see so much love going to my greer. o that photo of her and taboo is SO GOOD...and tonya , greer would make whole skeletons in the dolls as i still do today....then the muscles go on and then skin is streched over them ....when you skip the muscels to make them look skinnier they get that weird skin as you see in the valentine window of enstiens.I LOVE IT. these are some of her post cards ,i have all of them, and extras....i will...
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chi chi and mister e thank you for those photos the "Larissa" one i have a copy of and it has inspired me forever the valentine's tableau is so incredidibly gorgeous...she was and is such a genius incredible my blood is racing looking at that photo
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He sent me this ages ago to post - its an invitation for a Palladium event. Gorgey and rare!
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what a nice photo....she told me of a time she went to germany and they would not let her take her dolls back trew customs....so she left the show ....and one of the dolls that was taken was completly made of underwear just red lips on both ends . and she let quit a few guys fuck it....so she said it was full at the time.i try still to this day asking her parents foe another doll...but they always say they dont know what they own because the museum( andy warhol) still owns it. i dont know if...
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Re: I'm from normal parents (The Pyramid Club Topic)
here's a chuckle for you all, i was a total white trash country boy 2 months off the bus from Pennsylvania when i picked up this pretty blonde artist at dean savards civillian warfare gallery (1983ish)...i was so taken with her i invited her to this dinner party on central park west...the guest list was stellar....lydia lunch,henry rollins,sonic youth,swans etc...the hostess commented on my dates "lovely deep voice" later at her place i said something suave like "what a pretty little girl...
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Maybe this is too long to reply. But I'm a curator who would be very interested in showing Greer's work and other related items. Please contact me if you have anything that may help. Thank you.
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http://www.geocities.com/greerlankton/greer3.html Here is another great doll.... Teri Toye... Zazoo and Satori, on the first post, the link on it is now dead, maybe we can find more things about Greer.
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Blehpunk, Please email us at mail@theclubcreatures.com I'm calling Jojo, Greer's apprentice tonight to give him the heads up. He's got a couple pieces, and he's also been in touch with Paul Monroe (Greer's Husband) as recent as a year ago. At that time they were throwing around the idea of a book... I'd like to put you in touch with him. Also, I don't know what kind of connections you have, but if you can, you might want to consider talking to Nan Goldin. Some of her work features Greer. How...
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Zazoo and Satori: Thank you for having this discussion about Greer here. I was a friend of Greer's in Chicago, I met her in 1991 when she was doing displays for The Alley, where I worked. I knew Greer first as a sweet and really nurturing woman, and it was only later that she really introduced me to her dolls. (She always just called them dolls). I was just some punk rock kid trying to make my place in Chicago back then, and Greer really made me feel like I mattered. Not to mention nursing...
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JoJo, I don't know if you'll see this since it looks like a long time since you posted - but if you do, well, hello! I haven't seen you since Chicago, but I'm in New York now, still making Permission magazine, and it's been ages since I've seen you. Love! -Jayson Elliot
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hi all spy Greer Lankton pages at blitz kids site http://us.geocities.com/greerlankton/
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I LOVE your site... all these people I had almost forgotten, Pinkietessa, Tok Tok, Bell and Kahn, Ronny etc!!! But is there anyway to get an update in the website a where are they now... more of a biog for younger kids perhaps who don't know who these 'legends' were?' But a great site!
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Cheers, I have moved this message posted by Cinni, 09-30-05 01:20 AM as a second Greer Lankton topic into this, the primary Greer Lankton thread. Welcome, Chinni, to the ArtMaker forum. You will find Greer is much adored and often celebrated in this topic. Please continue to share your thoughts about her and her work freely here. However, when making future posts, please use the "reply" botton at the bottom of the screen and not the the "new topic" option from the menu.
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Cloey, Thank you for sharing this collection of letters about Greer. I knew her well for many years and spoke to her on the telephone about a week before she passed away. I loved her very much as did so many many people. She was so fortunate to have a great family like yours. You are a talented writer and story teller and I hope you continue to write. Greer is most surely sending you love and encouragement from wherever she may be. thanks again. Bobby Miller
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Cheers Cloey, your post is of enormous value to the people here on these boards who were close to Greer, and to all who come here in the future to find her, who she was, and what she meant to so many. It would be truly wonderful if you could make that happen. Good Luck! In the interim, welcome to our community, and if you need any assistance posting images or anything else you wish to share that requires uploading – please email me. I'd be more than happy to assist you if I can.
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i can only go by what greer told me.this is my truth.i have not told any lies.the family may hate me for still feeling this way....o-well.my truth is seeing her whole life in a dumpster,sad. i will keep the wedding dress as i know what an artifact it is to prove this.and i'm not making it rich saying any of this or off of any artwork i have,they are all relics to me .i can never have that time of my life back....and i miss it.i have never been able to have that patnership with anyone like...