Kiki Smith Bird on Branch, Bird on Branch, $6,800. Cast lead crystal with sterling leaf brooch. signed by the artist. 51/8"W x 31/2"H

NEW YORK.- Kiki Smith is known for transforming the mundane into the enchanted. In her hands common materials from blood to bronze, paper to porcelain, glitter to glass—become inventive, highly personal art that illustrates poetic associations of the human body and soul. Fittingly, Smith has had a long relationship with tattoos—making them, wearing them on her own skin, gathering them into a witty, subversive and now famous 1995 print in which parts of female anatomy and corresponding natural forms are arrayed joyfully as adornments. In Smith’s work, tattoos are metaphors for the interconnectedness of all things: the body and art, inside and outside, technique and emotion.
In November 2007, Steuben Glass will proudly debut its first collection of designs by Kiki Smith—five extraordinary designs inspired by the idea of tattoos, including the artist’s very first foray into the ancient technique of engraving. The Tattoo Collection, to be introduced at a preview reception on November 15th, includes an extraordinary decorated vase and four small desktop sculptures that include elements of removable, wearable jewelry made and signed by the artist.
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