Artist #5

Kiki Smith was born in Germany, and is the daughter of American sculptor Tony Smith. She grew up in New Jersey, as a girl she helped her father build models out of cardboard, this was some of her first experiences with art. Smith uses sculpture, painting, and printing in her art. She uses the idea of story telling, belief and knowledge. she bases a lot of her art on organs, cellular forms, and the human nervous system. She incorporates animals, folktales and mythology in her works. Her work "Lying with the Wolf" "Wearing the Skin" and "Rapture" are all works that have symbolic meaning of realtionships between humans and animals each one portrays different interactions with the animal, speaking with a wolf, taking shelter in its pelt, and being born from its womb. "Art is something that moves from your insides to the physical world, Art is just a way to think"