Kiki smith exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Dieter roth 19301998 was a poet, artist, and master printmaker. Kiki smith still life 2001 available for sale artsy. Join facebook to connect with kiki smith and others you may know. The work consists of twentyfour color photographs in dialogue with the sentences of a short prose piece titled the. Realms, pacewildenstein, new york, usa artists book. Jul 17, 2017 i showed up at kiki smiths east village house this past may with a case of untreated strep throat. Come away from her is based on a manuscript drawing by lewis carroll for his book alices adventures under ground 1864. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmakerin fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and. Widely known for her sculptures, prints, and drawings, kiki smith is a germanborn american contemporary artist, who focuses on narrative, the human condition, and the natural world. Very nice small book with good reproductions and binding.
Nov 12, 2012 this pin was discovered by meghan dahn. K iki smith american, born germany, 1954 is among the most significant artists of her generation. Kiki smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. Prints and multiples 19941997, pace prints, new york, september 19october 18, 1997. From her home in new york, which also serves as her studio, kiki smith talks about the ongoing. The prints include eyes leaking tears, a mouth dribbling saliva, an ear oozing wax, and more. Peer inside legendary east village artist kiki smith s home and studio ahead of exhibitions at new yorks pace gallery and the deste foundation in greece. She is considered a pioneer in restoring the figure as acceptable subject matter in contemporary art. Born in hannover, germany to a swiss father and german mother, roth was evacuated at. Kiki smith s artist book the vitreous body calls on the words of the classic greek parmenides for text, is illuminated by the artist s woodcuts and printed on translucent paper recalling the luminosity of ancient vellum. Paper sculpture, prints, and multiples, greg kucera gallery, seattle, april 3april 27, 1997. 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.
She is one of my favorite artists and her work moves and intrigues me. Celebrate womens history month with this new monograph on kiki smith pyre woman kneeling 2002 is reproduced from kiki smith, a staff pick for womens history month. Kiki smith has 12 books on goodreads with 1007 ratings. 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. Kiki smith is a germanborn american modern artist who works in such fields as sculpture, installation, printmaking and drawing. Hecker author smith, kiki, 1954date 2003 publisher the museum of modern art, department of prints and illustrated books. Bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith. Thank you for visiting krakow witkin gallerys website. Kiki smith artists usf graphicstudio institute for. The gallery is temporarily closed per the massachusetts stayathome advisory during the covid19 emergency. Kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. 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.
The line between the artist kiki smith s work and home life has always been faint, if it ever existed at all. A must have if you are seeking to have a better understanding of. Widely considered to be one of the most engaging and fascinating artists. Kiki smith was born in nurnberg in 1954 to an artistic family. Hardcover verified purchase excellent addition to kiki smith library. Kiki smith museum exhibition catalogues, monographs, artists projects, curatorial writings and essays. Mar 28, 2014 bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith. Kiki smith shares a glimpse into her world, in photographs. If any artist could handle a misbehaving and even slightly disgusting body, smith could. Her artistic lineage also claims her grandfather, who was an altarcarver. With a special fascination with the body and bodily fluids, smith often examines excreta such as blood, semen, and bile in carefully crafted sculptures that.
Smith, best known for her sculptures of the human body, presents her recent photographic and multimedia work on the theme of fairy tales. 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. A gathering, 19802005 siri engberg, linda nochlin, marina warner on. She grew up in a large victorian house in south orange, n. Kiki smith born 1954 was first exposed to art by watching and helping her father, pioneering minimalist sculptor tony smith, make cardboard models for his geometric sculptures. At this point in his story, friendly birds fly off when alice talks about what her cat likes to eat. I just do it and see what happens, says artist kiki smith. Images of her radical, unflinching work reveal an artist who is not afraid to explore subjects such as the human body or a societys archetypes. Prints, books, and things dec 5, 2003mar 4, 2004 1 other work identified kiki smith.
Using a multitude of mediums and materials, kiki smiths collections are meditations on life and spirituality, often featuring narratives about origins and endings. Shown working on a portrait titled two 2002, smith and the workshops master printers make numerous proofs and revisions until she is pleased with the image. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. 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. Kiki smith s 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.
Smiths experimental nature has stretched the printmaking medium in exciting new ways. Prints, books and things weitman, wendy, smith, kiki on. Kiki smiths artist book the vitreous body calls on the words of the greek philosopher parmenides for text, and is illuminated by the artists woodcuts and printed on translucent paper, recalling the luminosity of ancient vellum. Filled with the beauty, vitality, and charm that are the hallmarks of kiki smiths art, this book urges viewers to think and feel. Widely considered to be one of the most engaging and fascinating artists of our time, kiki smith has, over the past. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. She has produced a body of work that ranges from the unique and handmade to the massproduced and digital.
Buy art at exclusive members only pricing at the leading online contemporary art marketplace. Feb 07, 2018 for more than three decades, american artist kiki smith b. See more ideas about kiki smith, artist and contemporary art. Kiki smith art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Companion kiki smith american, born germany 1954 kiki. Telling tales by smith, kiki,posner, helaine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Kiki smith i make things to experience the process. Original botanical art monoprint artist book by fieldandhedgerow. Kiki smith companion 2000 available for sale artsy. I was once asked to propose something for an outdoor public commission, smith writes. Kiki smith, shoshana wayne gallery, santa monica, march 8april 19, 1997. High museum acquires 56 prints by artist kiki smith artwire the high museum of art has recently acquired a significant collection of 56 prints by artist kiki smith from collector stephen dull. 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 body and spirit to flow into one another again, to reunite. Her work is characterised by a constant reflection on human existence and on life and death. 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. Kiki smith is a contemporary american artist best known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection, and sexuality. This page was made by an admirer of kiki smith, this is not an official page and has no contactconnection with the artist other than appreciation.
Prints, books, and things comprises more than 150 prints, books, and multiples and is the first new york museum survey of her printed art. Available for sale from zucker art books, kiki smith, still life 2001, paper, 17. Congregation, kiki smith, cotton jacquard tapestry, x. Prints, books and things, the museum of modern art, queens. Known primarily as a sculptor, she has also devoted herself to printmaking, which she considers an equally vital part of her work. Biography kiki smith is a contemporary american artist best known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection, and sexuality. Kiki smith forthcoming, in stock, and outofprint title information on museum exhibition catalogs, art monographs, and international books from the artbook d.
Experience the unique vision and invention of prolific artist and pioneer of contemporary printmaking and sculpture kiki smith. A meditation on light and vision, it is created by one of todays most exciting and original artists. Telling tales accompanies a major exhibition at the international center of photography. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue, kiki smith. Inside the magical and relentlessly creative world of beloved artist kiki smith artsy kiki smith biography and art for sale. An artist for whom printmaking and sculpture are equally important, smith produced this work in the late 1980s, when a resurgence of interest in figurative art was often manifested in provocative ways.
For more than three decades, american artist kiki smith b. As an artist whose practice revels in the possibilities of printmaking and multiples, it seems only natural that kiki smith has been working with magnolia editions since 2011 on a suite of editioned jacquard tapestries. Best known for her sculptural depictions of the female body, often represented through anatomical fragments, kiki smiththe daughter of the major minimalist. Fully illustrated and beautifully produced, kiki smith pays tribute to the artist s urgent, emotionally powerful corpus. Introduction kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. Kiki smith was one of the first artists to distinguish figurative work within the art world after years of abstraction and minimalism had dominated the scene. Kiki smith american, born germany sampler, letterpress with ink and foil additions, composition irreg. Kiki smith, germanborn american sculptor, installation artist, and printmaker whose intense and expressionistic work investigated the body and bodily processes. Purchase with general acquisitions fund and funds from elaine l. But right now at the whitney museum of american art in new york there is a different kind of show about bodies kiki smith s retrospective entitled the gathering a wonderful title organized by the walker art center and curated by siri engberg in collaboration with the artist. A dialogue with marina abramovic, tania bruguera, tracey emin, shirin neshat, orlan, yoko ono, and kiki smith by. Essays by siri engberg, linda nochlin and marina warner. Kiki smiths artist book the vitreous body calls on the words of the classic greek parmenides for text, is illuminated by the artists woodcuts and printed on. Kiki smith artists usf graphicstudio institute for research in art.
With a special fascination with the body and bodily fluids, smith often examines excreta such as blood, semen, and bile in carefully crafted sculptures that bear the influence of surrealism. The viewer is immediately unsettled by the naked, animalistic figure, its shiny, dark form interrupted only by piercing blue glass eyes. Available for sale from mary ryan gallery, inc, kiki smith, companion 2000, book of accordianfolded photolithographs on moldmade paper, 6 34. She has spoken fondly of the victorian house in which she was raised in south orange, new jersey, and how it captured her young imagination, as a historical artifact with its own memories and indices to the past. Smith, kiki kiki smith artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs, criticism, catalogues raisonnes, related publications, and. Kiki smith in new york city by germanborn american artist kiki smith collage drawing with nepalese paper, pencil, red ink and glitter, 143 x 143 cm. This richly illustrated book offers a full retrospective of kiki smith s work. Kiki smith edited by stephanie molinard, marie chenel.
Kiki smith untitled bird with bell on hand 2006 stencil print with silver and gold leaf. Text by marie chenel, flora fettah, camille morineau, nora philippe, sophie delpeux, marc schwartz, kiki smith. This interactive web site is similarly arranged and fosters a rich understanding of her innovative. Books by kiki smith author of kiki smith goodreads. The centerpiece of this book is the fullcolor visual essay of her renditions and investigations of the characters of little red riding hood and the wolf. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmakerin fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books. Artist kiki smith has produced an astoundingly varied body of work that deals. This is a very thorough, beautiful book on the art of kiki smith. Using ink on paper, smith combines traditional and. Celebrate womens history month with this new monograph on. Kiki smith was born in 1954 to american parents living in nuremberg, germany. Prints, books, and things 2003, showcase the scope of smith s printed art and present it thematically. Using a multitude of mediums and materials, kiki smith s collections are meditations on life and spirituality, often featuring narratives about origins and endings. 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.
I thought i should cancel our meeting, but then i thought i shouldnt. Prints, books and things by wendy weltman goodreads. The daughter of the american actress and opera singer jane lawrence and the american architect and sculptor tony smith, she was born in. Having as the main subject the human body, smiths artworks explore the questions of gender, life, birth, regeneration, spirituality, sexuality and human relationship with nature. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles. Kiki smith, dowry book insert art, visual art, art. A classic example of artist kiki smiths investigation of human anatomy, fountainhead is an artists book that depicts various body parts emitting their associated bodily fluids. 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.