"Life is this ferocious force that keeps propelling us. At the same time, ... you can just pierce it and it dies. I'm always playing between these two extremes." Kiki Smith, 1991
"I found this anthropomorphizing of animals interesting. the human attributes we give to animals, and the animal attributes we take on as humans to construct our identity" Kiki Smith, 1998
"I decided I wanted to make images that would be useful and positive in daily life. I thought of female images that I liked, female superheroes." Kiki Smith, 1998 Source:
A wonderful website: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/
David Krutt Publishing http://davidkrutpublishing.com/artbase/abf-artwork.php?artist=63&artwork=439
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