The daughter of sculptor Tony Smith, Kiki Smith is known for her clinical depictions of anatomy, specifically organs that secrete fluids and expose the inner parts of the body. Kiki Smith was born in... Read full biography
The daughter of sculptor Tony Smith, Kiki Smith is known for her clinical depictions of anatomy, specifically organs that secrete fluids and expose the inner parts of the body. Kiki Smith was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1954 and lives and works in New York City. Her works have been exhibited in... Read full biography
The daughter of sculptor Tony Smith, Kiki Smith is known for her clinical depictions of anatomy, specifically organs that secrete fluids and expose the inner parts of the body. Kiki Smith was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1954 and lives and works in New York City. Her works have been exhibited in many galleries and museums worldwide, and may be found in major public collections as well. A monograph was published on the artist in 1998. Smith is a feminist*, politically oriented, conceptual*... Read full biography
The daughter of sculptor Tony Smith, Kiki Smith is known for her clinical depictions of anatomy, specifically organs that secrete fluids and expose the inner parts of the body. Kiki Smith was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1954 and lives and works in New York City. Her works have been exhibited in many galleries and museums worldwide, and may be found in major public collections as well. A monograph was published on the artist in 1998. Smith is a feminist*, politically oriented, conceptual* artist deeply involved with intellectual activities combined with sentimental and theoretical formulations of human and natural life. Because of her obsession with the human body for itself and as a metaphor for political and life systems, Smith has been... Read full biography
The daughter of sculptor Tony Smith, Kiki Smith is known for her clinical depictions of anatomy, specifically organs that secrete fluids and expose the inner parts of the body. Kiki Smith was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1954 and lives and works in New York City. Her works have been exhibited in many galleries and museums worldwide, and may be found in major public collections as well. A monograph was published on the artist in 1998. Smith is a feminist*, politically oriented, conceptual* artist deeply involved with intellectual activities combined with sentimental and theoretical formulations of human and natural life. Because of her obsession with the human body for itself and as a metaphor for political and life systems, Smith has been termed a shamanist, rationalist, psychologist, biologist, anatomist, humanist, activist, critic, and connoisseur. It i... Read full biography
Kiki Smith - Artist Info
About Kiki Smith: Books
Books & Publications (17)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2016
Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
Visceral Bodies (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2010
Augaitis, Daina
63 pages (color)
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
Otherworlds: The Art of Nancy Spero & Kiki Smith
2004
Bird, Jon (ed)
189 pages (color)
Prototype: Contemporary Art from Joe Friday's Collection
2004
Koh, Germaine
70 pages (color)
Kiki Smith: Prints, Books and Things
2003
Weitman, Wendy
150 pages (color)
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection
2002
Beebe, Mary; Robert Storr
264 pages (color)
All Creatures Great and Small: Kiki Smith
1998
Haenlein, Carl; Carsten Ahrens
139 pages (color)
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997
Hughes, Robert
635 pages (color)
Objects of Desire The Modern Still Life (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Rowell, Margit
232 pages (color)
The Dakis Joannou Collection
1996
Deitch, Jeffrey
302 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Kiki Smith
1995
Bradley, Jessica
48 pages (color)
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
Culture or Trash? A Provocative View of Contemporary Painting (etc)