Kiki Smith Spring Light Past May 17 – Jun 24, 2023 Seoul Exhibition Details:Kiki SmithSpring LightMay 17 – Jun 24, 2023Gallery:267 Itaewon-roYongsan-guSeoulPress:Press Release (EN)Press Release (KR)Connect: (opens in a new window) @pacegalleryAbove: Installation view, Kiki Smith: Spring Light, May 17 – Jun 24, 2023, Pace Gallery, Seoul © Kiki Smith Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Kiki Smith at its arts complex in Seoul. On view from May 17 to June 24, the presentation, titled Spring Light, will bring together new and recent sculptures, drawings, and prints that explore the phenomenological qualities of water, the sky, and the cosmos. This exhibition—which follows Smith’s recent solo exhibition at the Seoul Museum of Art and marks her first solo show at Pace’s Seoul gallery—will reflect the artist’s longstanding artistic exploration of the relationships between humans and the natural world.Since the 1980s, Smith has nurtured a multidisciplinary practice spanning sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textile work. As part of her experimentations across mediums and materials, the artist has drawn inspiration from a wide range of histories, visual cultures, and mythologies to meditate on embodied experiences of nature. Smith’s upcoming exhibition with Pace in Seoul will focus on the ecstatic energy and illimitable power of nature in full bloom.The show will begin on the second floor of the gallery, where works examining the makeup of the cosmos will be on view. In this gallery, moons, constellations, and nebulae will abound, creating otherworldly visions that transcend the boundaries of the space-time continuum. Smith’s works on paper feature lyrical, poetic depictions of far-away stars, gaseous bodies, and galaxies. Her aluminium sculpture Starlight (2022)—along with her large-scale 2011 bronze work The Owls—will also figure prominently in this space. Together, these works on paper and various sculptures invite viewers into Smith’s mystical world.On the gallery’s third floor, the exhibition will bring visitors back to Earth with works centered on water. The pieces presented in this space will highlight Smith’s ability to work across different media, from silver sculpture to drawing and cyanotype printing. Water has been an enduring interest and subject for Smith, who recently unveiled an 80-foot-long mosaic titled River Light, one of several works commissioned for the new Grand Central Madison station in New York. Her work on paper River (2020), included in her upcoming show in Seoul, emulates water’s flowing, undulating movements and abstract plays of light on its surface. Also among the artworks on this floor will be the new bronze sculpture Dark Water (2023), in which the vitality of water is represented as a divine presence. Read More Featured Works Kiki Smith, Evening Star, 2023, aqueous archival inkjet, acrylic archival inkjet, white gold leaf on Hahnemühle rag paper, 60" × 43" (152.4 cm × 109.2 cm), image 163.3 cm × 120.4 cm × 5.4 cm (64-5/16" × 47-3/8" × 2-1/8"), framed Learn More Close modal Kiki Smith Evening Star 2023 aqueous archival inkjet, acrylic archival inkjet, white gold leaf on Hahnemühle rag paper 60" × 43" (152.4 cm × 109.2 cm), image 163.3 cm × 120.4 cm × 5.4 cm (64-5/16" × 47-3/8" × 2-1/8"), framed Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Kiki Smith, Dark Water, 2023, bronze, 72" × 65" × 28" (182.9 cm × 165.1 cm × 71.1 cm) Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Kiki Smith Dark Water 2023 bronze 72" × 65" × 28" (182.9 cm × 165.1 cm × 71.1 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Kiki Smith, Swoon, 2018, bronze, 10" × 18" × 8-1/4" (25.4 cm × 45.7 cm × 21 cm) Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Carousel slide 3 Carousel slide 4 Carousel slide 5 Kiki Smith Swoon 2018 bronze 10" × 18" × 8-1/4" (25.4 cm × 45.7 cm × 21 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Kiki Smith, Light of Nature I, 2021, cyanotype and acrylic on Losin Prague paper, 16-1/4" × 22-1/2" (41.3 cm × 57.2 cm) Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Kiki Smith Light of Nature I 2021 cyanotype and acrylic on Losin Prague paper 16-1/4" × 22-1/2" (41.3 cm × 57.2 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Kiki Smith, Whirling 2, 2022, ink, acrylic paint on paper, 23-1/4" × 28-15/16" (59.1 cm × 73.5 cm) 26-3/4" × 32-1/2" × 1-1/2" (67.9 cm × 82.6 cm × 3.8 cm), framed Learn More Close modal Kiki Smith Whirling 2 2022 ink, acrylic paint on paper 23-1/4" × 28-15/16" (59.1 cm × 73.5 cm) 26-3/4" × 32-1/2" × 1-1/2" (67.9 cm × 82.6 cm × 3.8 cm), framed Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Installation Views 1/15 2/15 3/15 4/15 5/15 6/15 7/15 8/15 9/15 10/15 11/15 12/15 13/15 14/15 15/15 Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Carousel slide 3 Carousel slide 4 Carousel slide 5 Carousel slide 6 Carousel slide 7 Carousel slide 8 Carousel slide 9 Carousel slide 10 Carousel slide 11 Carousel slide 12 Carousel slide 13 Carousel slide 14 About the ArtistKiki Smith is recognized for her multidisciplinary practice through which she explores embodiment and the natural world. The body, mortality, regeneration, gender politics, as well as the interconnection of spirituality and the natural world are observed through a postmodern lens. Her expansive practice resonates personally and universally, manifesting in sculpture, glassmaking, printmaking, watercolor, photography, and textile, among other production methods.Learn More Journal View All Artist Projects Storm King Presents "Kiki Smith: River Light" Jun 30, 2020 Essays Curator's Choice: Kiki Smith Mar 30, 2020 Press Kiki Smith Reflects On Her Life and Art Oct 24, 2019 Museum Exhibitions Kiki Smith at Monnaie de Paris Oct 18, 2019 Overview Featured Works Installation Views About the Artist Journal