Kiki Smith: Telling Tales by Helen Posner & Kiki Smith
8vo. pp. 72. profusely illustrated, mostly colour. bibliography. hardcover (near fine - lower spine bumped). New York: International Center of Photography, [2001].
Published in conjunction with an exhibition.
ISBN-10: 0933642288 / ISBN-13: 9780933642287
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Kiki Smith: Telling Tales accompanies a major exhibition at the International Center of Photography. Smith, best known for her sculptures of the human body, presents her recent photographic and multimedia work on the theme of fairy tales. The centerpiece of this book is the full-color visual essay of her renditions and investigations of the characters of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, the biblical Eve juxtaposed with Snow White, and various enigmatic female puppets. Through these symbolic female figures, the artist explores themes of temptation and sexuality, attraction and danger, and the impact of knowledge. Myths, fairy tales, and childhood fantasies predominate.