Exhibition - Kiki Smith: Sometimes

Kiki Smith’s seventh solo exhibition at Krakow Witkin Gallery began as a way to present the artist’s largest editioned print, “Wooden Moon.” With source imagery from a German volume on the moon, woodblocks engraved in China and then printed onto paper and assembled as a magnificent 96 x 147 inch work, “Wooden Moon” welcomes the viewer into a world of Smith’s interpretations. Throughout the show, through drawing, photography, sculpture, and print, the artist’s mastery of processes, historic and contemporary representations of imagery, a deep and vast appreciation for that which surrounds us (in both space and time), as well as a commitment to personal vision all provide an opportunity for appreciation, exploration, and reflection.

Smith has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 museum exhibitions. Her work has been featured at five Venice Biennales, including the 2017 edition. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 was awarded the title of Honorary Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Previously, Smith was recognized in 2006 by TIME Magazine as one of the “TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World.” Other awards include the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000; the 2009 Edward MacDowell Medal; the 2010 Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, Purchase College School of the Arts; the 2013 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts, conferred by Hillary Clinton; and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center, among others. She is an adjunct professor at NYU and Columbia University.

For images of and information on each of the works in the exhibition, as well as installation views, click here.
To view other works by Kiki Smith, click here.
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