--- type: exposition title: Kiki Smith language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/kiki-smith" --- # Kiki Smith ## Procession ![Kiki Smith Sky 2011 Jacquard-Tapisserie 287 x 190.5 cm ](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_532413295455.jpg.webp?itok=lBRk71mL) **Duration:** 7 June 2019 - 15 September 2019 In summer 2019, the Lower Belvedere is presenting the multi-facetted oeuvre of the American artist Kiki Smith. The exhibition will feature around sixty works from the last three decades, including recent pieces, and will place a focus on sculpture. The title *Procession* is derived from the Latin “procedere” as a reference to marching forwards, advancing, taking action, and is a literal allusion to Kiki Smith’s entire oeuvre, which will be presented at the Lower Belvedere in all its fascinating variety. Born in Nuremberg in 1954, life and art are closely intertwined for Kiki Smith. Personal memories, historical events, and social and political changes form the foundations of her work. She is interested in questions related to human existence like identity, ownership and control of the body. Her search for answers has led Kiki Smith to the border zones between body and soul, life and death, culture and nature. Her early works responded to the social, political, and cultural changes in the 1980s, such as the impact of the AIDS crisis, the discourse on sexuality and gender, and feminist activities. In the 1990s she explored legends, myths, fairy-tales, and religious beliefs. Birds and animals – crows, cats, deer, snakes, wolves, and eagles ¬– attained central significance in her artistic universe. Organized in collaboration with the Haus der Kunst, Munich, and Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland. Curated by Petra Giloy-Hirtz. \#KikiSmith ### [Lower Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/lower-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm **Address:** Lower Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=3) ##### In cooperation with - [derstandard.at](http://derstandard.at/) ## Impressions - ![Kiki Smith — Exhibition View KIKI SMITH — Johannes Stoll, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055310954.jpg.webp?itok=p8lBi8AT) - ![Kiki Smith — Exhibition View KIKI SMITH — Johannes Stoll, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055310951.jpg.webp?itok=YDqgTZoK) - ![Kiki Smith — Exhibition View KIKI SMITH — Johannes Stoll, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055310947.jpg.webp?itok=TDX6HDMJ) - ![Kiki Smith — Exhibition View KIKI SMITH — Johannes Stoll, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055310948.jpg.webp?itok=8sKzICji) - ![Kiki Smith](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055312479.jpg.webp?itok=giuENzJX) - ![Kiki Smith](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055312478.jpg.webp?itok=ldKTRfZT) - ![Kiki Smith](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055312477.jpg.webp?itok=hgo0ezwZ) - ![Exhibition View KIKI SMITH — Photo: Johannes Stoll, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2019-08/_557055310957_0.jpg.webp?itok=co224mzA) ## Videos ## Exhibited Artworks - ![Kiki Smith, Guide Courtesy of the artist and Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich — Kiki Smith, Guide — Kiki Smith, Sky, 2011 — Photograph courtesy the artist and Magnolia Editions, Oakland © Kiki Smith, courtesy Pace Gallery](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2019-08/_532413295453.jpg.webp?itok=s77BC2wq) - ![Kiki Smith Head with Bird 1994 Phosphorbronze und Silberbronze 30,5 x 30,5 x 16,5 cm Unikat — Kiki Smith, Head with Bird, 1994 — Photograph by Ellen Page Wilson, courtesy Pace Gallery © Kiki Smith, courtesy Pace Gallery](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_532413295456.jpg.webp?itok=yY6_I186) - ![Kiki Smith Digestive System 1988 Dehnbares Eisen 157,5 x 66 x 12,7 cm — Kiki Smith, Digestive System, 1988 — Photograph by Ellen Labenski, courtesy Pace Gallery © Kiki Smith, courtesy Pace Gallery](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_532413295454.jpg.webp?itok=Oz07hTMw) - ![Kiki Smith Guide 2012 Jacquard-Tapisserie 287 x 190,5 cm — Kiki Smith, Guide — Courtesy of the artist and Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_532413295453.jpg.webp?itok=n6pwGcwW) - ![Kiki Smith. Procession Installationsansicht/ Installation view — Kiki Smith. Procession, Installation view — Haus der Kunst, 2018 © Fotograf: Maximilian Geuter](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_532413295451.jpg.webp?itok=AhuQB94l) - ![Kiki Smith — Exhibition View KIKI SMITH — Johannes Stoll, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_557055310952.jpg.webp?itok=AzYVEn_d)