Auction Event Art
"Polka-dot Dress, PeopleScape" by Kim Smith
- Item Number
- 225
- Estimated Value
- 700 USD
Item Description
2014, Collage, 17x14
Item Special Note
Artist Statement: Born in America, Kim Smith spent 10 formative years living in Germany. Her work is meant to be intimate & thought provoking, though one sometimes finds a humorous element within the frame. She is strongly influenced by the museums & flea markets that her parents exposed her to. As a result of living in & traveling extensively throughout Europe, she is greatly influenced by German & Austrian art of the late 19th & early 20th centuries: the Dada, Bauhaus, & Wiener Werksttte movements, as well as Russian Constructivism. Her Mecca is the Neue Galerie in NYC because of its focus on the art of this period. Smith feels that working with vintage & antique materials brings authenticity to her work & allows her to share the beauty of her early experiences with the viewer. Smith painstakingly cuts & arranges the elements in her collages before gluing them down. Her studio is a sea of bits of Paper spread out on tables. A collage can be reworked many times before glue is applied. Her meticulously composed & edited work is as much about what is not there, as what is. Although it may look spontaneous, everything in her compositions is deliberate. The glues & backing are archival. Smith has degrees in Design, Economics & an MBA. After a business career in the garment industry & then investment banking, her desire to balance the duality of her left & right brain inspired her to create art. A business owner since 1998, she splits her time between her studio & office where she is a dealer & manufacturer of vintage & vintage-inspired wall dcor. She loves to spend days exploring galleries & museums. Those experiences can have an overwhelming impact, creating a raw energy that makes her want to produce her own work.
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