Vali Myers

Photo: Dana holding book in front of the Chelsea Hotel.

Vali Myers: A Memoir by Gianni Menichetti
published by the Golda Foundation

Read this book. It is a biography by Vali's lover and slave of many years. Vali Myers was an Australian (and half New Zealand) artist who didn't discover her Maori blood until close to her death at the age of 73 in 2003. My friend Robert (Bobby) Yarra was responsible for making the book happen through the Golda Foundation which is named after his mother. I had the good fortunate to be in New York in October for the book launch at the Chelsea Hotel where I first met Vali (and some of the wild characters written about in the book) many years ago when I helped Bobby get Vali's working visa to stay and work in New York. Vali was a free spirit who loved life and animals. She was an amazing gypsy who lived her beliefs -- all of them.

"Vali's dogs, Vali's trees, Vali's donkey, the birds, the flowers, the caves, the spiders of Vali. We have seen for the first time the old skeleton of nature." - Bernardo Bertolucci, film-maker, "Last Tango in Paris", "Stealing Beauty".

"It was like being friends with some angel who had gotten kicked out for lewd behavior..."Chris Stein, musician, Blondie.

"This book has been a labor of love for me, as publisher...Returning to Melbourne after an absence of over forty years, she discovered to her delight that she had become a legend in her native country. But she often went back to 'Il Porto' to be withi Gianni in the wilderness. Gianni still loves there, and it is in 'Il Porto' that he wrote this wonderful book." Robert Yarra

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