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Humans and Animals Commune with Nature and the Cosmos in the Multidisciplinary Work of Kiki Smith

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Smith began examining themes relating to the body in the 1980s, spurred by the death of her father, who was also an artist, and the loss of her sister to AIDS. “Dark Water” (2023), bronze, 72 × 65 × 28 inches “Dreaming with Birds” (2004), bronze, 47 3/4 x 73 1/2 x 2 inches.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

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Philip Guston (1913-1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman who's now considered one of the most important American painters of the 20th century. Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was an American writer, philosopher and political activist best known for her essays on modern culture and criticism of the Vietnam War.

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