Kiki smith prints book

The artist was inspired by the constellation drawings from the late 17th century by johannes hevelius and others. New work, timothy taylor gallery, london 2005 kiki smith. 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. Smith has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 museum. Kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist 1 whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. The animal is in the world like water in water, kiki smith. 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. All of the drawings depict scenes of a womangirl being attacked by a wild animal. Lot kiki smith vitreous body book of woodblock prints. Smith, kiki kiki smith artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs, criticism, catalogues raisonnes, related publications, and.

Kiki smith, all souls 1988, screenprint on thirtysix attached sheets of handmade thai paper. Kiki smith, shoshana wayne gallery, santa monica, march 8april 19, 1997. Smith printed the image in black ink on 36 attached sheets of handmade thai paper. 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. 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 title of this book was chosen to signal that this is a sampling of the poetry of emily dickinson, and it refers to embroidered samplers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that inspired the imagery of kiki smith. From artsy x capsule auctions, kiki smith, the vitreous body 2001, handprinted 46 page bound book with 19 heliorelief woodcut images with diecut areas. Smith used the complex process of heliorelief, which transfers photographs to a block of wood, then cast into relief by sandblasting.

Highlights from the permanent collection 2nd flooroct 2002 oct 9, 2002mar 1, 2003. Signed book of woodblock prints by kiki smith with text by parmenides of elea. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles. Bill goldston of universal limited art editions shares two books by contemporary american artist kiki smith. A gathering, 19802005, organized by the walker art center in minneapolis, debuts at the san francisco museum of modern art november 2005january 2006 before traveling to the walker februarymay 2006, the contemporary arts museum, houston julyseptember 2006, and the whitney. A meditation on light and vision, it is created by one of todays most exciting and. This exquisite limited edition presents a selection of two hundred poems by emily dickinson, one of americas greatest poets. It takes time and its a struggle and at some point i get the rewards when i say its finished. Kiki smith s work in sculpture, prints and drawings has been the subject of numerous museum and gallery exhibitions worldwide. Kiki smith s choice of representing wild animals, various type of bodies, or even witcheslike pyre woman kneeling, 2002, a dramatic sculpture of a bronze female perched atop a wood pile. Kiki smith untitled earth print 1997 lithograph on gampishi paper. 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. Paper sculpture, prints, and multiples, greg kucera gallery, seattle, usa kiki smith. This book gives you an insight into her work and her processes.

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. The work consists of twentyfour color photographs in dialogue with the sentences of a short prose piece titled the lost city of words. With a print, i get to have an experience making it. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a pri. Prints, books and things by weitman, wendy 2009 hardcover on. Moma and the whitney museum both have extensive collections of smiths prints. Prints, books and other things accompanies an exhibition devoted to this under acknowledged but crucial dimension of her art. Kiki smith art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. Prints and multiples 19941997, pace prints, new york, september 19october 18, 1997. Her artistic lineage also claims her grandfather, who was an altarcarver. The daughter of the american actress and opera singer jane lawrence and the american architect and sculptor tony smith, she was born in. But, shes is also a talented and prolific printmaker. Prints, books, and things at moma, new york, and a midcareer survey, a gathering. The mirrored renderings will reflect light through a transparent blue background.

Kiki smith is a contemporary american artist best known for her figural representations of mortality, abjection, and sexuality. Kiki smith, germanborn american sculptor, installation artist, and printmaker whose intense and expressionistic work investigated the body and bodily processes. At the end of the book is an inscription by the artist describing the work along with an artist. In the mid1980s, kiki smith began experimenting with printmaking techniques. Prints, books, and things december 5, 2003march 8, 2004 if you are missing out on the exchanges and exhibitions, be sure to tune into the baren forum and. In all souls, a screenprinted image of five curled fetuses, sourced from a japanese anatomy book, appears thirtysix times, each on a piece of fine, translucent thai paper. In addition to artists books, the library contains print materials about the. Kiki smith is a germanborn american artist whose work explores the natural world and the human condition. When i think of kiki smith, her sculpture first comes to mind. Prints, books and things published by the museum of modern art, new york. Wellknown as a sculptor, kiki smith has also worked extensively as a printmakerin fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and. Mar 02, 2020 as i continued to visit kiki smith again and again during the four months it was showing, i couldnt help thinking of clarissa pinkola estess book.

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. Smith s experimental nature has stretched the printmaking medium in exciting new ways. From series based on lewis carrolls manuscript drawings for alices adventures underground. Kiki smith all souls whitney museum of american art. Smiths experimental nature has stretched the printmaking medium in exciting new ways. Prints, books, and things comprises more than 150 prints, books, and multiples and is the first new york museum survey of her printed art. The transculent japanese paper smith selected recalls the ancient vellum used by the greeks. Blue night depicts 42 suspended elements created by kiki smith. Kiki smith vitreous body book of woodblock prints description.

Kiki smith born january 18, 1954 is a west germanborn american artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. Having as the main subject the human body, smith s artworks explore the questions of gender, life, birth, regeneration, spirituality, sexuality and human relationship with nature. There are no creases or tears in the pages, and the cutouts in the woodblock prints are in perfect condition. Kiki smith artists usf graphicstudio institute for. In 2003 and 2004, the moma in new york had a show called prints, books, and things showcasing kiki smith s screenprints, etching, lithographs, handmade books, and many other types of printed work. Kiki smith still life 2001 available for sale artsy. Working across a range of media including photography, drawing, printing and painting, she has explored explores selfportraiture, anatomy and female iconography. The library holds over 800 of these artists books, including works by prominent book artists such as ida applebroog, mirella bentivoglio, michele burgess, julie chen, laura davidson, johanna drucker, colette fu, carol schwartzott, clarissa sligh, and kiki smith. Contributor names smith, kiki, 1954, artist carroll, lewis, 18321898. The animal is in the world like water in water is a collaboration between kiki smith and american poet and author leslie scalapino. Visual artist kiki smith and writer lynne tillman collaborate in this artist s book designed in the spirit of a small and intimate medieval book of hours. She has produced a body of work that ranges from the unique and handmade to the massproduced and digital.

Known primarily as a sculptor and considered among the most significant. Kiki smith has 34 books on goodreads with 1128 ratings. In 2003 the museum of modern art in new york was showing kiki smith. Prints, books and things by wendy weltman goodreads. Smith executed a series of 43 pen and ink drawings for the project, which were reproduced and published as digital prints, each individually handcolored by the artist. Once i saw a bird, anthony doffay gallery, london, uk artist s book titled kiki smith s dowry book kiki smith, shoshana wayne gallery, santa monica, usa kiki smith. She has diversified her previously conceptual and technical approach to figuration, creating lifesized figures in a host of traditional and unconventional materials. 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. She is a preeminent figure in the artistic movement that unites the human condition the natural world. The book has the poem seeming along with prints of the anatomy of the eye. Smith lives and works in the lower east side, new york city, and the hudson. Kiki smith is an american artist born in germany 1954. Printed on zerkall book vellum, the print depicts a cropped black and white image of an eye, staring directly at the viewer. Historically, in europe smith s work has been held in high esteem, especially in germany, italy.

Wendy weltman contributor, kiki smith, wendy weltman. In this book of 18 woodblock prints, kiki smith uses a classic greek text on light and vision to create a wholly contemporary work. Prints, books and things, the museum of modern art, ny 2003 kiki smith. The work consists of twentyfour color photographs in dialogue with the sentences of a short prose piece titled the. Kiki smith will present a gathering to use the artist s word of the broad variety of media she has explored in her career, including sculpture in plaster, bronze, paper, glass, porcelain, and other materials, installations, prints, drawings, photographs, multiples, jewelry, artist s books, and film and video works. This offset print, produced as a fundraising edition for printed matter by kiki smith, was used as the promotional image for the editions artists book fair in 2004. Kiki smith exhibition catalogs, books, bibliography, biography. Prints, books, and things dec 5, 2003mar 4, 2004 1 other work identified.

The artist has made prints for every page of the poetry, as well as the halftitle page and a portrait of emily. Paper sculpture, prints, and multiples, greg kucera gallery, seattle, april 3april 27, 1997. Rather than using the printing process to make multiple examples of an image, she produced unique objects composed of repeated images. Kiki smith s artist book the vitreous body calls on the words of the greek philosopher parmenides for text, and is illuminated by the artist s woodcuts and printed on translucent paper, recalling the luminosity of ancient vellum. Prints, books and things by weitman, wendy 2009 hardcover. In 1988 she created all souls, a fifteenfoot screenprint work featuring repetitive images of a fetus, an image smith found in a japanese anatomy book. In 2003, the museum of modern art, new york exhibited a survey of smith s printed art, kiki smith. Kiki smith is a germanborn american modern artist who works in such fields as sculpture, installation, printmaking and drawing. Kiki smith was born in 1954 to american parents living in nuremberg, germany.