Biographical Information Name: Kiki Smith Birthday: January 18, 1954 in Nuremberg, Germany Lives: New York Known for: Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture Notable Works: Sleeping Woman with Standing Wolf (2004), Wolf Girl (1999), and Lilith (1994) Kiki's father was also an artist, and her mother was an actress. At an early age, Kiki was exposed to her father's geometric sculptures, which partially served to inspire her to become an artist. Also as a child, Kiki was a member of the Catholic Church, which also spurred her inspiration for art as well as feed her interest in the human body. Her family moved to the United States when she was still and infant, and she ended up attending Hartford Art School in Connecticut for college. After eighteen months attending the school, she moved to New York and joined an artist collective called Collaborative Projects. The radical materials used in this group can be found featuring in her current works, showing the influence that the group had over her artistic style. Unfortunately, Kiki's father passed away as well as her sister from AIDS, which most influenced the themes and content in her work. With this, her themes of birth, sex, and regeneration became very prevalent in her works. Later in her life, Kiki started creating works that were based on fairy tales and myths, with the "abject" figure of her previous works falling away. Despite this, she still has an aspect of feminism present in her art, though it is less central than in her previous works. When asked about her work, she commented that it is, "...no longer linear and the narrative imbued in them has fallen apart." Sleeping woman with standing wolf 2004 Collage, lithographic print on rice paper 175 x 200 cm Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto Sleeping woman with standing wolf is reminiscent of Kiki's early printmaking works before she started to specialize in sculpture. The human and animal figure present in the print reflect Kiki's themes around the human body as well as the relationship between humans and nature. Additionally, the figure being a woman shows how the female figure is ever-present in Kiki's prints and sculptures. Lilith 1994 Silicon bronze and glass 33 in. x 27 1/2 in. x 19 in. (83.82 cm x 69.85 cm x 48.26 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art This sculpture more reflects Kiki's content concerning women's rights and how the world views women. She does this by giving Lilith striking glass eyes to contrast the bronze of the rest of the sculpture. Despite being crouched against the wall, this makes her look as if she is ready to pounce on the viewer instead of cowering away, which takes away from the passive female stereotype. Questions:
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http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/lilith-35875 http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/442/kiki-smith http://www.artnet.com/artists/kiki-smith/ https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/kiki-smith
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