Saturday, August 31, 2019

Kiki Smith | RE










Kiki Smith
RE
Santa Barbara, USA: Turkey Press, 1994
33 x 12.1 cm.
Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies

Adapted from an Egyptian cosmology, the text was printed from handset Bembo in an expanded 8-fold format. A photoengraved image of the artist is printed on 1954 Whatman watermarked paper with adhered gampi silk tissue. This project was produced for the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara,  in conjunction with a solo exhibition of Smith's work. The work is housed in a signed and numbered Roma envelope.


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