Artist: Smith, Kiki

Kiki Smith is a German-born American sculptor, installation artist, and printmaker whose intense and expressionistic work investigates the body and its processes. Often she uses materials such as cloth, paper, and ceramics to depict the mystery and vulnerability of the body. Her work also depicts females from fairy tales, folklore, mythology, and other stories.

Fog

Kiki Smith (American b. 1954) and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese b. 1947), "Fog", 2009, a portfolio of 23 pages, including title page, colophon, 9 prints by Kiki Smith and a poem by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge consisting of 12 sheets of paper. Prints are polymer plate gravures on handmade abaca paper and text is grey pigmented cotton silkscreened onto wet handmade abaca paper, edition of 15, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Fog

Kiki Smith (American b. 1954) and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese b. 1947), "Fog", 2009, a portfolio of 23 pages, including title page, colophon, 9 prints by Kiki Smith and a poem by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge consisting of 12 sheets of paper. Prints are polymer plate gravures on handmade abaca paper and text is grey pigmented cotton silkscreened onto wet handmade abaca paper, edition of 15, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Fog

Kiki Smith (American b. 1954) and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese b. 1947), "Fog", 2009, a portfolio of 23 pages, including title page, colophon, 9 prints by Kiki Smith and a poem by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge consisting of 12 sheets of paper. Prints are polymer plate gravures on handmade abaca paper and text is grey pigmented cotton silkscreened onto wet handmade abaca paper, edition of 15, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Light Trail

Kiki Smith ( American b. 1954) and John Coletti (American), "Light Trail", 2012, a portfolio of 12 prints by Kiki Smith including a poem by John Coletti, silkscreen in pigmented flax pulp paint with gold leaf, graphite ink, and chine-colléd polymer etching, on handmade overbeaten abaca, 8 ½ x 11 inches each, edition of 11, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Light Trail

Kiki Smith ( American b. 1954) and John Coletti (American), "Light Trail", 2012, a portfolio of 12 prints by Kiki Smith including a poem by John Coletti, silkscreen in pigmented flax pulp paint with gold leaf, graphite ink, and chine-colléd polymer etching, on handmade overbeaten abaca, 8 ½ x 11 inches each, edition of 11, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Fog

Kiki Smith (American b. 1954) and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese b. 1947), "Fog", 2009, a portfolio of 23 pages, including title page, colophon, 9 prints by Kiki Smith and a poem by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge consisting of 12 sheets of paper. Prints are polymer plate gravures on handmade abaca paper and text is grey pigmented cotton silkscreened onto wet handmade abaca paper, edition of 15, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Fog

Kiki Smith (American b. 1954) and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese b. 1947), "Fog", 2009, a portfolio of 23 pages, including title page, colophon, 9 prints by Kiki Smith and a poem by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge consisting of 12 sheets of paper. Prints are polymer plate gravures on handmade abaca paper and text is grey pigmented cotton silkscreened onto wet handmade abaca paper, edition of 15, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Fog

Kiki Smith (American b. 1954) and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (Chinese b. 1947), "Fog", 2009, a portfolio of 23 pages, including title page, colophon, 9 prints by Kiki Smith and a poem by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge consisting of 12 sheets of paper. Prints are polymer plate gravures on handmade abaca paper and text is grey pigmented cotton silkscreened onto wet handmade abaca paper, edition of 15, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Light Trail

Kiki Smith ( American b. 1954) and John Coletti (American), "Light Trail", 2012, a portfolio of 12 prints by Kiki Smith including a poem by John Coletti, silkscreen in pigmented flax pulp paint with gold leaf, graphite ink, and chine-colléd polymer etching, on handmade overbeaten abaca, 8 ½ x 11 inches each, edition of 11, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.

Light Trail

Kiki Smith ( American b. 1954) and John Coletti (American), "Light Trail", 2012, a portfolio of 12 prints by Kiki Smith including a poem by John Coletti, silkscreen in pigmented flax pulp paint with gold leaf, graphite ink, and chine-colléd polymer etching, on handmade overbeaten abaca, 8 ½ x 11 inches each, edition of 11, published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia.