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Kiki Smith:  From the Creek  Albuquerque Museum

ALBUQUERQUE | NEW MEXICO | USA

OCT 08, 2022 - FEB 12, 2023 

 

 

 

 

Kiki Smith's solo exhibition From the Creek, on view at Albuquerque Museum features works that take inspiration from the Catskills in New York. Smith, an artist known for work that explores the human body, the cosmos, myth, and more, has been enthralled for the last twelve years by the Mawignack, the low lands where the Catskill and Kaaterskill Creeks converge.

 

Kiki Smith: From the Creek explores the wonder of the natural world and includes sculptural works in bronze, aluminum, and silver, works on paper, and 9-foot-tall tapestries. The exhibition presents an immersive space to wander through Smith’s contemplation of the flora and fauna of Catskill Creek. From the Creek is presented simultaneously with three other exhibitions featuring historic and contemporary artists that engage the natural world through diverse depictions of the landscape: Thomas Cole: Memory and Inspiration, Shi Guorui: Ab/Sense-Pre/Sense, and Nicola López and Paula Wilson: Becoming Land.

 

This special presentation with the artist expands from Smith’s site-specific installation created in the house and studios of the artist Thomas Cole (1801-1848). Across time, both artists, living about a mile and two centuries apart, walked the same land and created work that responds to the Catskills. While having unique approaches and creative practices, both Smith and Cole share a deep connection to place, and a fascination with cycles, decay, rebirth, and the fragility of the environment. While Cole’s paintings of Catskill Creek provide images of sweeping landscapes, Smith’s vision locates the singular and iconic life in this same place. Reflecting on creating landscape imagery, Smith stated “I think more about being in a specific place, rather than being in a landscape. A place reveals itself to you over time… a place can hold so many different perceptions and meanings manifesting very different aspects of a place. “

 

 

 

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