Filled with the beauty, vitality, and charm that are the hallmarks of kiki smiths art, this book urges viewers to think and feel. Kiki smith, the vitreous body, 2001, pages from the artists book with 18 heliorelief woodcuts. Frequency, on view at the krakow witkin gallery in. 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. Mar 28, 2014 bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith.
Kiki smith photography strives to serve their clients with love, integrity and beautiful images. Using a multitude of mediums and materials, kiki smiths collections are meditations on life and spirituality, often featuring narratives about origins and endings. The daughter of the american actress and opera singer jane lawrence and the american architect and sculptor tony smith, she was born in. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. 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. Kiki smith, germanborn american sculptor, installation artist, and printmaker whose intense and expressionistic work investigated the body and bodily processes. Kiki smith uses color sparingly, but the works on this wall reflect the influence of a specific period of illustration. Krefelder kunstmuseen, martin hentschel, ellen seifermann, kiki smith. Text by ellen seifermann, martin hentschel, kiki smith. Telling tales accompanies a major exhibition at the international center of photography.
To ask other readers questions about kiki smith, please sign up. Her figurative work of the late 1980s and early 1990s confronted subjects such as aids and gender, while recent works have depicted the. 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. Smith won a village voice obie award for her designs for the talking bands 2003 premiere of ellen maddows a painted snake in a painted chair, directed by her colleague paul zimet. When kiki was a oneyearold, the family came back to south orange, new jersey, united states where the artist was raised. Kiki smiths childhood in new jersey was shaped by the intellectual and artistic milieu of her parents, opera singer jane lawrence and architect, painter, and sculptor tony smith, an important figure of abstract expressionism and minimalism. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Unlike classical figurative sculpture, which hides the insides. Nov 05, 2006 how kiki smith, one of the most influential sculptors of her generation, gets into the spirit of things. How kiki smith, one of the most influential sculptors of her generation, gets into the spirit of things. An interview with kiki smith home believer magazine. Kiki smith turns everyday objects into mystical creations.
Books by kiki smith author of kiki smith goodreads. We require your permission to receive and manage your data. Speculation as to the artists inspiration, working methods, and general air skew to the otherworldly if not the outright occult. Kiki smith was born in nurnberg in 1954 to an artistic family. Kiki smith exhibits work created at stamps school residency a set of kiki smith etchings entitled autumn two and four, autumn two and five, and autumn fivecreated as part of smiths weeklong residency at the penny w. This comprehensive book provides an overview of smiths artistic development, focusing on her sculpture, from the early 1980s to the present day. Her home at the museum haus esters in krefeld, germany in 2008. Her memory is a space for reflection and poetry that continues the characteristic style of kiki smiths recent. Mar 01, 2009 born in 1954 in nuremberg, germany, but raised in an artistic family in south orange, new jersey her father was the american sculptor tony smith, kiki smith has always occupied herself with questions of the human body and condition. Her work is characterised by a constant reflection on human existence and on life and death. 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. The daughter of american sculptor tony smith, kiki smith grew up in new jersey. Unlike classical figurative sculpture, which hides the insides of.
Kiki smith was born in 1954 to american parents living in nuremberg, germany. Events the illustrated book was published on the occasion of the exhibitions kiki smith. Her artistic lineage also claims her grandfather, who was an altarcarver. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing and textiles. Her father, tony smith, was a minimalist artist, known for his large polyhedronbased structures. Kiki smith is an american artist who was born in nuremburg, germany in 1954. The joan miro foundation presents her memory, an exhibition by kiki smith org. Kiki smith on cave girls, collaboration, and some of her earliest works, kiki smith tomorrows tigers, kiki smith, 12 september 2019, royal academy, london, uk i am a wanderer, kiki smith, 28 september 2019 19 january 2020, modern art oxford, uk. Kiki smith photography is a cincinnati, oh based photography team serving the tristate and surrounding areas. It depicts an evening scene of a woman standing beneath a tree bough inhabited by night creatures and surrounded by stars in. The illustrated book was published on the occasion of the exhibitions kiki smith. Smith, kiki kiki smith artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs. From a stunning double crown sonnet, to erasure poetry contained within dna testing. Here, you see two treatments of little red riding hood.
Though her work has been most often associated with the american aids crisis of the 1980s, her career cannot be contained within a set historical discourse. Sculptor, painter, printmaker, videomaker, photographer, she has been an artist all her life. Editor by martin hentschel, krefelder kunstmuseen authors martin hentschel, ellen seifermann, and kiki smith. Kiki smith has 33 books on goodreads with 1022 ratings. Kiki smith is a contemporary american artist best known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection, and sexuality. This film takes a circular approach to an artist who works in overlapping spirals of creative energy. Smith, best known for her sculptures of the human body, presents her recent photographic and multimedia work on the theme of fairy tales. Smith works in her home not in a space specifically designed as a studio but on the 2nd floor of her east village townhouse. 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 represents the innumerable possibilities inherent in socially engaged art.
She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Her home 2009, hardcover kerber art brand new hardcover book at the best online prices at ebay. Kiki smith exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Timothy taylor is a modern and contemporary art gallery in mayfair, london, owned and founded by the art dealer timothy taylor. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. 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. A lyric of virginia, kiki petrosino turns her gaze to virginia, where she digs into her genealogical and intellectual roots, while contemplating the knotty legacies of slavery and discrimination in the upper south. Born in 1954 in nuremberg, germany, but raised in an artistic family in south orange, new jersey her father was the american sculptor tony smith, kiki smith has always occupied herself with questions of the human body and condition. Smith lives and works in the lower east side, new york city, and the hudson. Her home by martin hentschel editor, ellen seifermann editor online at alibris. The first, entitled companions, is on two sheets to your left. It depicts an evening scene of a woman standing beneath a tree bough inhabited by night creatures and surrounded by stars in six saturated and mature colorways. During our interview, i did not touch anything in her home.
The next year, her family moved to south orange, new jersey where she lived with her two younger sisters, mother and father. Her home book is the fullcolor visual essay of her renditions and investigations of the characters of little red riding hood and the wolf. Prints, books, and things comprises more than 150 prints, books, and multiples and is the first new york museum survey of her printed art. Valerie hammond and kiki smith both teach printmaking at new york and columbia universities, have houses upstate about 10 miles apart, and have been friends for 20 years. Kiki smith is generative and genuine, and, like a king midas, everything she touches turns into art. In preparation for an interview with kiki smith on her recent show at bale creek allen gallery in austin, i was told a myriad of stories bordering on legend about the artist from sources who should rightly know. Valerie hammond and kiki smith both teach printmaking at new york and columbia universities, have houses upstate about 10 miles apart, and. Founded by kiki smith, a nurse by trade and singersongwriter of the national recording group speak life.
Instead of the minimal emphasis on the reduction of forms, the asceticism of the materials, and the. Both the girl and the wolf are nearly lifesize and appear to be related, yet independent of each other. Kiki smith american, born january 18, 1954 is a germanborn sculptor known for her works that deal with bodily themes, abjection, and sexuality. 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. Her home 2009, hardcover kerber art brand new hardcover book at the best online prices. Kiki smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. Smiths father was a sculptor tony smith who represented minimalism. The joan miro foundation presents her memory, an exhibition by kiki smith. Her subject matter is as wideranging as the materials her work has. Kiki smith was born on january 18, 1954, in nuremberg, germany where her mother, an opera singer and actress jane lawrence was working this time. 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. As a young girl, one of smiths first experiences with art was helping her father make cardboard models for his geometric sculptures.
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