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Contemporary Art Smith, Kiki Good Day. 2015. Soft-ground etc…
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Contemporary Art Smith, Kiki Good Day. 2015. Soft-ground etc…
See original version (German)
Estimate €2,200 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Contemporary Art
Smith, Kiki
Good Day. 2015. Soft-ground etching and aquatint with a collage of hologram paper on vellum. 29.5 x 22 cm (46.5 x 37 cm). Signed, dated and numbered, with the publisher’s blind stamp. – A few tiny, scattered brown spots on the reverse. Overall in very good condition. A magnificent print with an engaging effect created by the collaged mirror elements; the colour effect is fresh and multifaceted.
SGSM 2016:94 D. – One of 18 copies. – Printed and published by the LeRoy Neiman Centre for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York 2015. - In this colour etching by Kiki Smith, the artist combines classic intaglio techniques with collaged elements of reflective hologram paper, which are scattered across the sheet in a droplet-like pattern. Their shape is reminiscent of both raindrops and tears, and they thus stand as symbols of emotional processes as well as natural phenomena. The title, with its seemingly positive connotations, combined with the teardrop-like forms, creates a deliberate and compelling ambivalence between euphoria and sadness, hope and melancholy, growth and destruction. As is often the case in Smith’s work, the physical – here in the form of the tear – is not interpreted as an isolated symbol, but as a link between the inner world, nature and the cosmos. The holographic material, which refracts and shifts the light, reinforces this interpretation: every movement of the viewer alters the image and creates a visual metaphor for emotional and sensory complexity.
Colour soap-ground etching and aquatint with hologram paper collage on wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered. – Verso with a few tiny brown stains in places. Very good overall. A splendid print with an engaging effect created by the collaged mirror elements; the colour effect is fresh and multi-faceted. - One of 18 copies. - Printed and published by the LeRoy Neiman Centre for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York 2015 - In this colour etching by Kiki Smith, the artist combines classical intaglio techniques with collaged elements of reflective, teardrop or tear-like forms scattered across the sheet. Their shape is reminiscent of tears or raindrops, which symbolise emotional processes as well as natural phenomena. In combination with the tear-like forms, the seemingly positive connotation of the title creates a deliberate and tense ambivalence between euphoria and sadness, hope and melancholy, growth and destruction. As is often the case in Smith’s work, the physical – here in the form of the tear – is not interpreted as an isolated symbol, but as a link between the inner world, nature and the cosmos. The holographic material, which refracts and alters the light, reinforces this interpretation: every movement of the viewer changes the image and creates a visual metaphor for emotional and sensual complexity.
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