Germany / United States · b. 1954
Kiki Smith
Sculptor and printmaker exploring the body, folklore and the animal world.
- Subversive
- Intimate
- Nature & Ecology
Fun fact
She trained as an emergency medical technician, and that anatomical knowledge runs straight through her work.
How she made it
Casting and papermaking: beeswax, bronze, glass and plaster cast from the body, plus large hand-made paper sheets worked with ink and etching so the sculpture and prints share the same anatomical source.
- Work
- Mourning Sampler, About 1815
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in tent, cross, long, stem, whip, and couching stitches
- Collection
- Textiles, Art Institute of Chicago