Kiki Smith

Born
2002

Untitled

1992

Mary Magdalene

1994

Tattoo Vase
2007

Afternoon
2010

Born , 2002

About the Artist: Kiki Smith (born January 18, 1954, in Nuremberg, Germany) is an American artist classified as a feminist artist, a movement with beginnings in the twentieth century. Her Body Art is imbued with political significance, undermining the traditional erotic representations of women by male artists, and often exposes the inner biological systems of females as ametaphor for hidden social issues. Her work also often includes the themes of birth and regeneration, as well as sustenance, and frequently has Catholic allusions. Smith has also been active in debate over controversies such as AIDS, gender, race, and battered women.

Patricia Piccinini

The Comforter, 2010
silicone, fibreglass, steel, human hair and fox fur, clothing

Game Boys Advanced, 2002 silicone, polyurethane, clothing, human hair variable

Leather Landscape, 2003 silicone, polyurethane, leather, mdf, human hair

The Young Family, 2002 silicone, polyurethane, leather, human hair variable

The Long Awaited

Bottom Feeder

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About the Artist:

Patricia Piccinini (born in 1965 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is an Australian artist and hyperrealistsculptor. Her art work came to prominence in Australia in the late 1990s. In 2003 she was selected as the artist to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. Her major artworks often reflect her interests in issues such as bioethics, biotechnologies and the environment. Piccinini's work often anthropomorphises inanimate objects and presents them with a high degree of industrial finish, revealing the equal influence of 19th Century Surrealism and 20th Century advertising.

Piccinini works with several fabricators to produce her sculptures.