This is an opportunity to discover the curatorial choices that resulted in this presentation of some thirty works by the artist – bronzes, tapestries, porcelain and works on paper – most of which are being shown for the first time in Brussels.<\/p>\n
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 <\/p>\n
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