Kiki Smith

Untitled III (upside down with beads)

“I’m making work that’s about the body, I’m playing with the indestructibility of life, where life is this ferocious force that keeps propelling us. At the same time,… you can just pierce it and it dies. I’m always playing between these two extremes.”

- Kiki Smith 1991

Kiki Smith Print Exhibition

“Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I also think there’s a spiritual power in

repetition, a devotional quality, like saying rosaries.” -Kiki Smith, 1998

Kiki Smith, Moons

“Sometimes you see a form or technique used that you’re attracted to and you know you don’t have the content to fill it with. You say, “Oh this is a great form, or a great way of making something,” but you don’t get an idea of how to utilize it. Even so, it’s a great space of information”

Identical Twins

“Each medium affords you a different experience. The physical manifestation of it is how meaning is constructed. You have to choose the medium, to exploit its properties- the way wax or paper, for example, is luminescent and reflective, like skin. They have similar characteristics. To me that’s the pleasure of making art. The other side is a kind of necessity, a personal necessity. How you play that out is your personal, intellectual choice. You’re manipulating the world”

Lying with the Wolf

Wading