What I am most drawn to the work of Kiki Smith is the tension she creates in her narrative etchings. As a youth she was exposed to many cultural stories and rituals. These transcend into her work - she explores especially the tension experienced during puberty. I remember viewing a image Smith creates of the Alice Wonderland story by Lewis Carroll _ A Pool of Tears. A seemingly innocent scene has been reworked by Smith to create an innocent Alice drowing in water, a metaphor of innocence lost. I especially enjoy her continual process in the etching medium. She reworks and reworks plate, layer upon layer, history upon history. The very valuable Moma interactive website about Kiki Smith is worth a look:
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/
ps. I have previously mentioned Smith in my blog: in reference to Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. Is she trying to tell us something? Def. worth reading more on her.
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/
ps. I have previously mentioned Smith in my blog: in reference to Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. Is she trying to tell us something? Def. worth reading more on her.
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