Kiki smith her home book

As a young girl, one of smiths first experiences with art was helping her father make cardboard models for his geometric sculptures. 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. Kiki smith is generative and genuine, and, like a king midas, everything she touches turns into art. How kiki smith, one of the most influential sculptors of her generation, gets into the spirit of things.

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. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles. Smith attended the hartford art school in connecticut. 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. 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. This comprehensive book provides an overview of smiths artistic development, focusing on her sculpture, from the early 1980s to the present day. 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.

Her figurative work of the late 1980s and early 1990s confronted subjects such as aids and gender, while recent works have depicted the. The daughter of the american actress and opera singer jane lawrence and the american architect and sculptor tony smith, she was born in. Editor by martin hentschel, krefelder kunstmuseen authors martin hentschel, ellen seifermann, and kiki smith. An interview with kiki smith home believer magazine.

Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Speculation as to the artists inspiration, working methods, and general air skew to the otherworldly if not the outright occult. Her artistic lineage also claims her grandfather, who was an altarcarver. Kiki smith was born in nurnberg in 1954 to an artistic family.

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. 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. Timothy taylor is a modern and contemporary art gallery in mayfair, london, owned and founded by the art dealer timothy taylor. 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. 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. Kiki smith was born in 1954 to american parents living in nuremberg, germany. Kiki smith is a contemporary american artist best known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection, and sexuality. 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.

We require your permission to receive and manage your data. Kiki smith exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Instead of the minimal emphasis on the reduction of forms, the asceticism of the materials, and the. Her work is characterised by a constant reflection on human existence and on life and death. 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. Kiki smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world.

Using a multitude of mediums and materials, kiki smiths collections are meditations on life and spirituality, often featuring narratives about origins and endings. 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. This training in formalist systems, combined with her upbringing in the. Smith, kiki kiki smith artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs. This film takes a circular approach to an artist who works in overlapping spirals of creative energy. Krefelder kunstmuseen, martin hentschel, ellen seifermann, kiki smith. Kiki smith has 33 books on goodreads with 1022 ratings. Smith lives and works in the lower east side, new york city, and the hudson. The first, entitled companions, is on two sheets to your left. Both the girl and the wolf are nearly lifesize and appear to be related, yet independent of each other. Smith, best known for her sculptures of the human body, presents her recent photographic and multimedia work on the theme of fairy tales.

Kiki smith, the vitreous body, 2001, pages from the artists book with 18 heliorelief woodcuts. Frequency, on view at the krakow witkin gallery in. Her home 2009, hardcover kerber art brand new hardcover book at the best online prices at ebay. 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. The joan miro foundation presents her memory, an exhibition by kiki smith org. Unlike classical figurative sculpture, which hides the insides. Unlike classical figurative sculpture, which hides the insides of. Kiki smith represents the innumerable possibilities inherent in socially engaged art. Telling tales accompanies a major exhibition at the international center of photography. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. 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. Mar 28, 2014 bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith. It depicts an evening scene of a woman standing beneath a tree bough inhabited by night creatures and surrounded by stars in.

Kiki smith photography is a cincinnati, oh based photography team serving the tristate and surrounding areas. The daughter of american sculptor tony smith, kiki smith grew up in new jersey. Her father, tony smith, was a minimalist artist, known for his large polyhedronbased structures. Her home, 2008, museum haus esters, krefeld, and 2008, kunsthalle nuremberg. Kiki smith is an american artist who was born in nuremburg, germany in 1954. Her memory is a space for reflection and poetry that continues the characteristic style of kiki smiths recent. From a stunning double crown sonnet, to erasure poetry contained within dna testing. Kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration.

Filled with the beauty, vitality, and charm that are the hallmarks of kiki smiths art, this book urges viewers to think and feel. The next year, her family moved to south orange, new jersey where she lived with her two younger sisters, mother and father. Events the illustrated book was published on the occasion of the exhibitions kiki smith. Her home at the museum haus esters in krefeld, germany in 2008. 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. Smith works in her home not in a space specifically designed as a studio but on the 2nd floor of her east village townhouse. Kiki smith turns everyday objects into mystical creations. Kiki smith american, born january 18, 1954 is a germanborn sculptor known for her works that deal with bodily themes, abjection, and sexuality. Books by kiki smith author of kiki smith goodreads. Her home book is the fullcolor visual essay of her renditions and investigations of the characters of little red riding hood and the wolf. 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. When kiki was a oneyearold, the family came back to south orange, new jersey, united states where the artist was raised. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.

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. 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. Prints, books, and things comprises more than 150 prints, books, and multiples and is the first new york museum survey of her printed art. To ask other readers questions about kiki smith, please sign up. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Valerie hammond and kiki smith both teach printmaking at new york and columbia universities, have houses upstate about 10 miles apart, and.

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. Here, you see two treatments of little red riding hood. The illustrated book was published on the occasion of the exhibitions kiki smith. Her home by martin hentschel editor, ellen seifermann editor online at alibris. Smiths father was a sculptor tony smith who represented minimalism. Founded by kiki smith, a nurse by trade and singersongwriter of the national recording group speak life. The joan miro foundation presents her memory, an exhibition by kiki smith. Kiki smith photography strives to serve their clients with love, integrity and beautiful images. Nov 05, 2006 how kiki smith, one of the most influential sculptors of her generation, gets into the spirit of things. Her home 2009, hardcover kerber art brand new hardcover book at the best online prices.