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Kiki Smith
“From the Jacquard Tapestry Series”
Robischon Gallery is very pleased to present its third exhibition of Jacquard tapestries by the renowned, German-born American artist Kiki Smith. Internationally celebrated, Smith is widely acknowledged for her early 1980s sculptural expressions of the female body. Often shown as anatomical fragments – which were powerfully conveyed through objects and drawings based on human organs, cellular forms and the nervous system – Smith’s overall sense of the fragility of life and a heightened awareness of mortality reflected the cultural mood of the time. …