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What is Kiki Smith about?

<p><P>Through her explorations of the human body and the natural world, internationally acclaimed artist Kiki Smith has confronted the most urgent social and spiritual issues of our day. Direct and accessible, Smith's expressive art engages social and cultural issues in a sometimes viscerally disturbing way. In her recent work, Smith has extended these themes, incorporating rites of passage and cycles of life, death, and rebirth through an iconography of animal, human, and fairy tale imagery. <P>Helaine Posner's monograph is a comprehensive survey of Smith's work in installation, sculpture, and graphic media. She discusses its origins and proposes an interpretive framework, locating it with the artistic traditions that have nourished Smith and tracing its development from the 1980s to present. An interview with Smith adds the artist's own perspective on the work.</p><h3>Artforum</h3><p>As the first monographic survey of Smith's career, this book is an essential reference to the artist, her work, and contemporary art.</p>

Author

Helaine Posner; interview by Christopher Lyon

Publisher

The Monacelli Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781580931618

Subjects

Art, Engineering, Arts

Rating

4.8 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14