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5/12/2002

Kiki Smith

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia

Homework

In its 25th year, The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is pleased to present Homework, a series of new and recent multiples and functional objects by New York artist Kiki Smith. As an Artist-in-Residence, Smith has collaborated with The Fabric Workshop and Museum to develop a wool coverlet, a singing siren alarm, a constellation colander, a "flip" doll with the heads of the owl and the pussycat, weeping willow wallpaper, and other functional works. An opening reception will be held Friday, December 6, 2002, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in conjunction with The Fabric Workshop and Museum’s Annual Holiday Party.

Familiars (2002), is the first multiple completed by Kiki Smith in collaboration with the FWM. This woven wool coverlet features a composition of creatures great and small attending to a central female figure. The "familiars," or spirits said to be embodied in an animal and bound to the protection of a person, are purposefully printed on the wool coverlet as if to shelter the user. Through a series of vignettes such as one might see in a home design store, the exhibition will articulate the artist’s intended use of these objects. For example, Familiars will be presented in a domestic setting, on a bed or in a blanket cabinet.

The "story" of Kiki Smith’s work often reads as a fable, and Smith continues as mythmaker with Homework’s multiples featuring forest creatures, constellations, and singing sirens. As one takes these multiples into the home, as they are intended for domestic use, one also discovers the very personal aspects of Smith’s work. She has purposefully addressed the destination of each individual work. In addition to the multiples created by Kiki Smith in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, related work by Smith will also be included in this exhibition.

Kiki Smith was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1954 and received the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000. Recent group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial 2002 in Central Park, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2002); Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late 20th Century, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (1999); As Above, So Below: The Body at Work, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (1999). Forthcoming shows include Alter Ego, Ville de Luxembourg et Musée d’Historie, Paris (July 11 - October 5, 2002); La Biennale de Montréal 2002, Cité Multimédia, Montreal (Sept. 26 - Nov. 3, 2002); The Smiths: Tony, Kiki and Seton, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (Dec. 2, 2002 - Mar. 23, 2003). Recent solo shows include Kiki Smith: Realms, PaceWildenstein, NY (2002); Kiki Smith: Telling Tales, International Center of Photography, NY (2001); and Invention/Intervention: Kiki Smith and the Museums, Carnegie Museum of Art, PA (1998).

In its 25th Year, The Fabric Workshop and Museum is the only contemporary art museum in the United States devoted to creating new work in fabric and other materials in collaboration with emerging and established artists from around the world. Founded in 1977, The Fabric Workshop and Museum has developed from an ambitious experiment to a renowned institution with a widely recognized residency program, an extensive collection of work by resident artists, in-house and touring exhibitions, and comprehensive educational programming that includes lectures, tours, in-school presentations, and student apprenticeships. All FWM exhibitions, events and programs are free and open to the public.

The exhibition program of The Fabric Workshop and Museum is supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, LLWW Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Independence Foundation, The Claneil Foundation, Philip Morris Companies, Arcadia Foundation, the Miller-Plummer Foundation, The Barra Foundation, and the Board of Directors and members of The Fabric Workshop and Museum.

Image:
Kiki Smith in collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Owl and Pussycat, 2002. Pigment on cotton sateen with Liberty print fabrics. 23 x 11 x 3 inches. Photo: Aaron Igler.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1315 Cherry Street 5th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107-2026
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