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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-12-15 11:40:38
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) -- From a work that portrayed organs of human body based on her interest in anatomy in 1980, shocking full-length portrait of human such as human peeing in 1990 to a work with provocative narrative taking a motif from fable Little Red Riding Hood in 2000.
Large-scaled private exhibition "Free Fall" of West German-born American artist Kiki Smith, who has never stayed for one specific topic or platform over the 40 years but rather experienced with various stories and platforms, is taking place at Seoul Museum of Art starting Thursday.
While she is known for femininity and sculptures dealing with bodies in 1980s to 1990s, this exhibition will display around 140 works including sculptures, engravings, drawings, photos, and tapestry will be exhibited to show overall world of her works.
The 2001 sculpture "Ecstasy" (translated) is a representative work that shows the tendency of her works which use women in religion, mythology, and literature as motifs in the 1990s. The story of girl and grandmother coming out of wolf's belly once hunter splits it in fable Little Red Riding Hood is the motif, and in Smith's work, a grown woman instead walks out of the wolf's stomach.
The 1988 work "Digestive System," in which body organs from tongue to anus are made of cast iron and that reminds of radiator, is Smith's leading work in early days
"Light of the World" in 2017 is a combined of engraving and photo. With the photo of sunlight reflected in the river she took at Venice, Italy in 2005, she made blueprints and by layering them multiple times, she did engravings, making the shining of sunlight more lively.
Although she did not intentionally reveal herself in the early days, in the works released after 1990s, she actively appears in the works. In the 1990 work "Untitled (hair)" is a type of self-portrait in which she put ink on a rubber cast that was modeled after after her head and neck with rubber, and print it on lithography and also transcribe purposely messed-up hair that is printed with the printer to the lithography.
The title of the exhibition "Free Fall" is from her work of same name created in 1994 and is also the keyword of work world of Smith, who has been endlessly changing by exploring various platforms.
Seemingly capturing the scene of naked writer falling from the sky, It is a book-like figure that is to be enjoyed by unfolding one by one, and it utilizes both flat prints and 3D sculptures.
Smith, who had an online interview on Wednesday ahead of the exhibition, said that her thoughts on papers changed after she learned about laminated paper lacquered with bean oil set on a heated floor when she was a child.
"Korea had huge influence on me. I heared that in Korea, Hanji, or Korean paper, is set on the floor of Hanok, a traditional Korean house, to bring the heat from underneath. Learning this completely changed my thoughts. The fact that paper can be used as an element for sculpture while it can also be layered and and used like a blanket. I began to layer my drawing and print works since then and thought of paper structure-like."
The exhibition will be held until March 12. Free entrance.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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