Kiki Smith's first encounters with art was when she used to construct cardboard models for her father's sculptures when she was a youth. And like father like daughter, Smith has made a name for herself in the art world as well.
To make her pieces, Smith uses wood, metal, wax, and Paper Mache.
Death is a recurrent theme in Smith's works. Dead animals can be found throughout her pieces as she tries to accumulate a Noah's ark of dead creatures. The Catholic religion and religion in general also play a role in Smith's art. She takes saints and the different roles people have at church and represents them in sculptural form.
A lot of Smith's works are morbid in nature. Animals and humans are common subject matter in her art, but the animals are either dead or the people are coming out of the animals in some of Smith's pieces. Her sculptures range from being realistic to cartoon-like, and from life-size to doll-size.
Smith believes art is a way to express thoughts. She believes that through art, you are able to bring what's going on inside you into the real world.
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"Kiki Smith." Art21. PBS, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2014.
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