Maria Licci

SHE CARRIED WITH HER SOME OF THE LAST GROOVES OF '68, AND BARELY ESCAPED THE FLASHES OF THE PAPARAZZI DURING LA DOLCE VITA.

SHE MODELED WITH MONICA BELLUCCI, DINED WITH AL PACINO, SWAM WITH THE DALAI LAMA, AND SHARED A CAMERA WITH GIULIANO GEMMA. SHE WAS ONCE THE ASSISTANT TO LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, AND SHE FLASHED THROUGH THE FLICKERING LIGHTS OF NEW YORK'S LATE 80'S PARTY SCENE.

SHE FLASHED PROUDLY PADDED SHOULDERS AND LUREX LEGGINGS BEFORE, AFTER, AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF MADONNA.

SHE WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL WITNESS TO THE SEXIEST YEARS OF GLAM ROCK, GORBACHEV’S PERESTROIKA, AND THE INVASION OF SOFT PORN. SHE WASTED NO TIME ON THE TIMELESS QUESTION:
BEATLES OR ROLLING STONES?

SHE REMAINS AN UNDISPUTED PIONEER OF THE DANCE FLOOR, FROM THE FIRST ROARING BEATS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC TO THE RAW BASS OF HIP-HOP FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST COAST.

HUMAN OR MYTHOLOGICAL?