"Alexis Smith, Artist With Eclectic Eye on American Culture, Dies at 74," Obituary, The New York Times, by Travis Diehl, January 9, 2024. She used installations, assemblage and three-dimensional... Read full biography
"Alexis Smith, Artist With Eclectic Eye on American Culture, Dies at 74," Obituary, The New York Times, by Travis Diehl, January 9, 2024. She used installations, assemblage and three-dimensional murals in her commentary on Hollywood, fame and more. “I’ve made stuff out of everything,” she said.... Read full biography
"Alexis Smith, Artist With Eclectic Eye on American Culture, Dies at 74," Obituary, The New York Times, by Travis Diehl, January 9, 2024. She used installations, assemblage and three-dimensional murals in her commentary on Hollywood, fame and more. “I’ve made stuff out of everything,” she said. Alexis Smith, an artist who expressed a searing though affectionate vision of American culture in assemblages*, installations and public art projects, died on Tuesday at her home in Venice, Calif. She... Read full biography
"Alexis Smith, Artist With Eclectic Eye on American Culture, Dies at 74," Obituary, The New York Times, by Travis Diehl, January 9, 2024. She used installations, assemblage and three-dimensional murals in her commentary on Hollywood, fame and more. “I’ve made stuff out of everything,” she said. Alexis Smith, an artist who expressed a searing though affectionate vision of American culture in assemblages*, installations and public art projects, died on Tuesday at her home in Venice, Calif. She was 74. Garth Greenan Gallery, which represented Ms. Smith in New York, confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2015. In her art, Ms. Smith critiqued the American Dream, but bittersweetly, with sympathy for those who chase... Read full biography
"Alexis Smith, Artist With Eclectic Eye on American Culture, Dies at 74," Obituary, The New York Times, by Travis Diehl, January 9, 2024. She used installations, assemblage and three-dimensional murals in her commentary on Hollywood, fame and more. “I’ve made stuff out of everything,” she said. Alexis Smith, an artist who expressed a searing though affectionate vision of American culture in assemblages*, installations and public art projects, died on Tuesday at her home in Venice, Calif. She was 74. Garth Greenan Gallery, which represented Ms. Smith in New York, confirmed her death. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2015. In her art, Ms. Smith critiqued the American Dream, but bittersweetly, with sympathy for those who chase it. The installation Isadora, from 1980, demonstrates the tender way Smith could convey the flimsy immortali... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection
2002
Beebe, Mary; Robert Storr
264 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
A Nation's Legacy 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Columbus Museum of Art
198 pages (color)
Transforming the Western Image in 20th Century American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Hough, Katherine
111 pages (color)
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
638 pages
California Painters/New Work
1989
Hopkins, Henry
143 pages (color)
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream
1988
Rosen, Randy, et al
300 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
American Art Now
1985
Lucie-Smith, Edward
160 pages (color)
American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marshall, Richard
124 pages
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
1981 Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum (Exhibition catalog)