Guided tour – Kiki Smith

The exhibition “Woven Worlds” comprises over 50 works by Kiki Smith, among them jacquard weavings and their layouts, detail-filled collaged drawings as well as sculptures. Included in this presentation is “Sperm piece” (1991) by the artist, a work from Moderna Museet’s collection that consists of over 700 glass parts spread out across the floor.

In this selection of works, Kiki Smith focuses our gaze on nature. Through intimate studies and fabulous fantasies, her weavings are populated by wolves, delicate butterflies, and shadowy bats. In the large-scale tapestries, measuring almost 300 x 200 cm, Smith adds silver thread to create a shimmering world of details. The layouts that the tapestries are based on are almost as large, consisting of collage in several layers, while her sculptures vary in material – from bronze with inlaid gemstones to porcelain with graphite.