\n<\/strong>T<\/strong>he artist<\/strong>\u2019s desire to represent the materiality of bodies is evident, as well as cosmogony through cultures. Her work epitomizes a feminine pantheon, in forests inhabited by a cosmic bestiary.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The exhibition is anchored within the Fondation Thalie\u2019s artistic program. Since 2018, with the opening of an exhibition space and an artists’ and writers’ residency in Brussels, the foundation is committed to defending the place of women on the contemporary art scene,\u00a0to highlighting transversal artistic practices in dialogue with crafts and communities, as well as to raising public awareness of ecological issues. Through her work, the artist evokes humanity\u2019s hard-to-acceptable finitude as much as the immensity of the cosmos\u2014where art becomes belief. She creates a personal feminine mythology that embraces a figurative repertoire, touching upon the purity of a universal language: that of childhood, mythology and tales. It’s Alice in Wonderland<\/em>, Mary Magdalene, female Christ, head thrown back, hair falling; all the women who imprinted themselves onto her. Kiki Smith creates art based upon her experience of being in the world, inspired particularly by Douanier-Rousseau\u2019s exoticism and Gustave Dor\u00e9 engravings.<\/p>\n Born in 1954, Kiki Smith became a key figure in 1960s-era Soho: \u201cwe were like a gang,\u201d she recalled, \u201cI wanted to know everything, especially what it meant to be in a body.\u201d Her sculptures show the inexpressible reality behind the scenes: orifices, organs… She draws from the depths of matter, dissecting our entrails with a scalpel. The 1970s, the feminist years, brought out the myth of the mother-goddess; the 1980s led to a deconstructed discourse on sexuality and the question of gender. The 1990s spurred an exploration of the myths of Western culture; the 2000s opened a new chapter: the artist now tackles the world of living things, the plant world.<\/p>\n \u201cLet us be attentive to nature\u201d: this is what Kiki Smith has been expressing in her works for twenty years, in the particular way \u2013 across tapestry (principally made in Belgium), porcelain, bronze, engraving and drawings \u2013 that she explores our vulnerability, our solitude, and our doubts when facing the crisis of civilization we\u2019re experiencing. Her work is a tribute to the living. From birth until death, she questions our affects. \u201cI don’t need anything,\u201d she stated, \u201cexcept to do what I love, until the end.\u201d She transmits her fiery power, as an artist carried forward by the spiritual.<\/p>\n \u201cThings aren\u2019t hidden: you just have to learn to observe them. I might be a dilettante or a bee gathering nectar. I have a mission to accomplish, but the trajectory is random. Art takes root in me.\u201d The entire story of the world resides in the work of Kiki Smith.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Curating:\u00a0Nathalie Guiot, president-founder<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With the courtesy of Galleria Continua, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris et Pace Gallery, New York.\u00a0<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Exhibition extended until 18 June 2022<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Upcoming commented tours by Nathalie Guiot\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n With the support of F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles, Eeckman art & insurance, Art Brussels and Maison Ruinart<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Fondation Thalie opens the year 2022 with an exhibition by American artist Kiki Smith. 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\nSpecial thanks to Galleria Continua.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFrom Wednesday to Friday from 12pm to 6pm, on Saturday from 11am to 6pm and by appointment
\nEntrance 5\u20ac \/ Free* (on presentation of suitable evidence)
\n*Students, teachers, -26, job seekers, SMART members
\nFree entrance every first Saturday of the month
\nGuided tour of the exhibition every\u00a0<\/span>Saturday<\/span>\u00a0at 3pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n-Saturday 9 April, 3 pm
\n-Saturday 30 April, 3 pm
\n-Saturday 18 June, 3 pm (closure of the exhibition)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"logos](\"https:\/\/www.fondationthalie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kikiSmith_partenaires-380x41.jpg\")
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