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Kiki
Smith (American, born Germany, 1954) is one of the most influential
artists of her generation. Over twenty years ago, her sculpture
reintroduced the figure as an important realm of artistic investigation
and discovery. She is also among the leading contemporary artists
working in printmaking, a medium she began exploring in 1980 and
has been engaged with consistently since 1990.
Kiki
Smith: Prints, Books, and Things comprises more than 150 prints,
books, and multiples and is the first New York museum survey of
her printed art.
Smith’s
experimental nature has stretched the printmaking medium in exciting
new ways. She has produced a body of work that ranges from the unique
and handmade to the mass-produced and digital. A great enthusiast
for the collaborative approach of the printshop, an environment
not unlike that of a sculpture foundry, Smith has worked with printers
and publishers around the world, taking full advantage of the expertise
each has to offer as she explores her humanist themes of the enduring
yet fragile nature of life. The exhibition is arranged around such
topics as anatomy, self-portraiture, nature, and feminine contexts
to illuminate the thematic threads that unite Smith’s work.
Organized by Wendy Weitman, Curator, Department
of Prints and Illustrated Books.
The exhibition is made possible by Agnes
Gund and Daniel Shapiro. Generous support is also provided by the
Lily Auchincloss Foundation,
Emily Fisher Landau, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley.
Additional funding is provided by The Contemporary Arts Council
of The Museum of Modern Art. The accompanying educational programs
are made possible by
BNP Paribas.
Pictured above:
Kiki Smith. Untitled (Moons).
1993. Collaged lithograph on handmade Nepalese paper. Composition
and sheet (overall): 65 3/8 x 64 3/16 x 2 3/8" (166 x 163 x
5.5 cm). Publisher: unpublished. Printer: Universal Limited Art
Editions, West Islip, New York. Edition: few known variants. The
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro
Fund and Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, 2003. © 2003 Kiki Smith
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