Raffaella Cortese is pleased to announce Kiki Smith’s fourth solo show at the gallery, following her recent participation in the 57th Venice Biennale.
Kiki Smith, an American artist originally from Germany, is one of the most prominent figures in the contemporary art world. Since the late 70s her research has been centered on the study of identity and the iconography of women. In the first part of her artistic career Smith explored the themes of loss and death through the representation of the interior of our bodies, turning her attention to organs, cell structures and the nervous system. In the following years, Smith’s work has evolved to include animals, household items and narratives from classical mythology, also giving great importance to femininity in its intimate and social spheres. The artist’s career, which has been developing for nearly four decades, is characterized by a great deal of experimentation both in the choice of techniques-painting, sculpture, design and printing-and in the use of non-traditional materials-from glass to bronze, pottery, porcelain, chalk, paper, latex, hair, beeswax and gold.
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