Galerie rudolfinum, prague, june 22august 27, 1995. Kiki smith exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Experience the unique vision and invention of prolific artist and pioneer of contemporary printmaking and sculpture kiki smith. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and. American artist kiki smith was born in 1954 in nuremberg germany. Kiki smith shares a glimpse into her world, in photographs. Kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. Smith, kiki kiki smith artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs, criticism, catalogues raisonnes, related publications, and. Kiki smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. Kiki smith still life 2001 available for sale artsy. By manipulating everyday materials such as glass, ceramic, fabric and paper. May 08, 2018 this richly illustrated book offers a full retrospective of kiki smiths work.
Ulmer museum, ulm, small sculptures and large drawings. Kiki smith is a contemporary american artist best known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection, and sexuality. Kiki smith is a survey monograph of exceptional breadth, featuring the artists work from the 1980s to the present day, from her earliest explorations of the physical body, its organs and its fluids. For the installation pilgrim 20072010, smith created nearly 30 panels of black and white stained glass supported by steel frames, each representing a stage in a womans life. Known primarily for her sculpture and works on paper, smith is a wildly experimental and innovative printmaker. Kiki smith is a west germanborn american artist whose work addresses themes like sex, birth, death and regeneration. She grew up in a large victorian house in south orange, n. Feb 02, 2015 kiki smith path galleria continua san gimignano 31052014 30082014. Known primarily as a sculptor, she has also devoted herself to printmaking, which she considers. Smith lives and works in the lower east side, new york city, and the hudson. Kiki smith is a survey monograph of exceptional breadth, featuring the artists work from the 1980s to the present day, from her earliest explorations of the physical body, its organs and its fluids, through to her narrative explorations of biblical figures, fairy tales and folklore.
Alain elkann interviews kiki smith artist in her manhattan townhouse studio and discusses her wide ranging work including tapestry, printmaking, drawing, lithograph and collage. Artist kiki smith has produced an astoundingly varied body of work that deals. Her father was minimalist sculptor tony smith and her mother was jane lawrence, an american actress and opera singer working in germany at the time kiki was born. The daughter of the american actress and opera singer jane lawrence and the american architect and sculptor tony smith, she was born in.
Sparked by the death of her father, artist tony smith, and the aidsrelated death. Bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith. Sculpture and drawings, anthony doffay gallery, london, february 22march 31, 1995. Kiki smith american, born january 18, 1954 is a germanborn sculptor known for her works that deal with bodily themes, abjection, and sexuality. Kiki smiths practice addresses the philosophical, social and spiritual aspects of human nature. This richly illustrated book offers a full retrospective of kiki smith s work. Known primarily for her sculpture and works on paper, smith is a wildly experimental and. Using a multitude of mediums and materials, kiki smiths collections are meditations on life and spirituality, often featuring narratives about origins and endings.
Smiths experimental nature has stretched the printmaking medium in exciting new ways. Kiki smiths vision and work as an artist exemplify the struggle to give the body its due while continually transgressing this artificial boundary, breaching this invisible membrane and allowing the eros of. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue, kiki smith. Prints, books, and things 2003, showcase the scope of smiths printed art and present it thematically, focusing on such topics as anatomy, selfportraiture, nature, and female iconography. Jan 16, 2020 wright is the premier auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design. Kiki smith, germanborn american sculptor, installation artist, and printmaker whose intense and expressionistic work investigated the body and bodily processes. She has been represented by pace gallery since 1994. Visual artist kiki smith and writer lynne tillman collaborate in this artistaos book designed in the spirit of a small and intimate medieval book of hours. Jul 31, 2009 wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmakerin fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture. Tony, kiki, seton at the palm beach institute of contemporary art, lake worth. Kiki smith archives of women artists, research and. She has produced a body of work that ranges from the unique and handmade to the massproduced and digital. Dec, 2016 kiki smiths sculpture lilith, composed of rough bodycast bronze, is exhibited situated on a wall in a crouching, upside down position reminiscent of a spider or bat the viewer is immediately unsettled by the naked, animalistic figure, its shiny, dark form interrupted only by piercing blue glass ey. Having as the main subject the human body, smiths artworks explore.
Prints, books, and things comprises more than 150 prints, books, and multiples and is the first new york museum survey of her printed art. Kiki smith has 33 books on goodreads with 1027 ratings. See more ideas about kiki smith, prints and artist. Nov 26, 2018 kiki smith and the pursuit of beauty in a notably unbeautiful age in her fourdecade career, the artist has gone her own way, creating unapologetically lovely work that feels particularly relevant. Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates. For more than three decades, american artist kiki smith b. We have pioneered whole fields of collecting and transformed the market for modern design. The work consists of twentyfour color photographs in dialogue with the sentences of a short prose piece titled the lost city of words. Museum of modern art, new york city, prints, books and things. A dialogue with marina abramovic, tania bruguera, tracey emin. Books by kiki smith author of kiki smith goodreads. Multiplicity features 83 works from the museums permanent collection by such outstanding contemporary artists as john baldessari, john cage, vija celmins, chuck close, r. Mar 28, 2014 bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith. In the featured article, chuck close, alongside whom she exhibited at the san francisco museum of modern art in the winter of 2006, called smith one of our greatest artists.
Sculptor, painter, printmaker, videomaker, photographer, she has been an artist all her life. Her unique vision, breadth of experience, and prolific output, which includes books, painting, sculpture, prints, and collaborations with other artists. Smith s experimental nature has stretched the printmaking medium in exciting new ways. Born into a family of artistsher father was the minimalist sculptor tony smith american, 19121980, and her mother the opera singer jane lawrence smithshe was raised in new jersey. Kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist 1 whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. If you want to see the work of an american artist at the top of her game, then make a date to visit kiki smith. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmakerin fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her. Kiki smith is a feminist artist who is known for using the human body and its substances in ways that no other artist has before.
Homework at the fabric workshop and museum, philadelphia, pa 2002. Her artistic lineage also claims her grandfather, who was an altarcarver. Kiki smith is a germanborn american modern artist who works in such fields as sculpture, installation, printmaking and drawing. This richly illustrated book offers a full retrospective of kiki smiths work. This interactive web site is similarly arranged and fosters a rich understanding of her innovative. Kiki smith is generative and genuine, and, like a king midas, everything she touches turns into art. Her father was minimalist sculptor tony smith and her mother was jane lawrence, an american actress and.
Her figurative work of the late 1980s and early 1990s confronted subjects such as aids and gender, while recent works have depicted the human condition in relationship to nature. Artist kiki smith has produced an astoundingly varied body of work that deals powerfully with the political. Telling tales by smith, kiki,posner, helaine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kiki smith is a new yorkbased artist whose oeuvre moves from photographs, to drawings, to printmaking to small sculptures and most impressively since 2012 to large scale tapestries. Since 2000 we have sold nearly 40,000 lots across the spectrum of 20th and 21st century design. This work displays often grotesque and uncomfortable themes that would. Feb 28, 2019 the line between the artist kiki smiths work and home life has always been faint, if it ever existed at all. Mar 30, 2014 alain elkann interviews kiki smith artist in her manhattan townhouse studio and discusses her wide ranging work including tapestry, printmaking, drawing, lithograph and collage. By manipulating everyday materials such as glass, ceramic, fabric and paper, smiths work examines the dichotomy between the psychological and physiological power of the body. Kiki smith art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a pri. Our dedication to design drives what we do and who we are.
Hanging girl by germanborn american artist kiki smith porcelain, edition of. Smith emerged in the early 1980s as one of a generation of artists who returned to figurative imagery after a period in which american art had leaned to the abstract and conceptual. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmakerin fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture. Kiki smith and the pursuit of beauty in a notably unbeautiful. K iki smith american, born germany, 1954 is among the most significant artists of her generation. She is constantly pushing the boundaries in the field in all areas, including style, technique, and imagery. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmaker in fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and. Siri engberg, kiki smith, linda nochlin, walker art center, san francisco museum of modern art 2005. Kiki smith was born in 1954 to american parents living in nuremberg, germany. Artist kiki smith has produced an astoundingly varied body of work that deals powerfully with the political, social, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of human natureespecially in the way they relate to women. Her figurative work of the late 1980s and early 1990s.