#Shinique Smith

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Shinique Smith, And finally, he was a flower in bloom, 2024

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Shinique Smith is known for her monumental fabric sculptures and abstract paintings of calligraphy and collage. Smith’s personal histories and belongings intertwine with thoughts of the vast nature of ‘things’ that we consume, cherish, gift, and discard and how these objects resonate on intimate and social scales. Over the last twenty years, Smith has gleaned visual poetry from clothing and explored concepts of ritual using breath, bunding and calligraphy as tools toward abstraction. Her layered works range from palm-sized bundled microcosms to monolithic bales to massive chaotic paintings that contain vibrant and carefully collected mementos from her life. Smith’s practice operates at the convergence of consumption and spiritual sanctuary, balancing forces and revealing connections across space and time, race, gender and place to suggest the possibility of new worlds.

Swaths of deep blue fabric—dyed, bleached, and embedded with words and symbols by Shinique Smith—surround and envelop the artist (Baltimore, MD, b. 1971) during Breathing Room: Bound and Loose. For the meditative performance, Smith rhythmically inhales and exhales while wrapping herself in the indigo fabric. On the significance of indigo, she explains: “With roots in Ancient Peru, India, Japan and Africa, Indigo was once used as currency and was also a significant cash crop alongside cotton and tobacco during the slave trade. Indigo was considered in many cultures to represent the path to the infinite and bring one closer to the sky, a color and history that continues to inspire.”

Once the artist is bound beyond movement, Smith describes that she enters “a deep meditative state with the desire to release and transform a shared cultural experience of toil and bondage into a freed creative power for all who witness and participate as I am unraveled, and my bindings are loosened.” Smith seeks to expand her inner voice and commune with her ancestors through these actions and invites audience members to breathe in rhythm with her to create a shared tapestry of empowering sound.

Shinique Smith, Breathing Room, 2018.

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Check out Shinique Smith, Purple Pansy (2008), From Phillips

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Shinique Smith (A '03)

Artist Talk: An Evening with Shinique Smith APRIL 10th, 2024 6:30–7:45 pm EDT Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128

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Calling all artists interested in creating site-specific permanent artwork for the NYCT Jamaica Bus Depot in Queens.

Interested artists can submit materials by Friday, April 7, 2023 through Submittable, accessible via our website.

Image: Shinique Smith, “Mother Hale’s Garden” (2013), NYCT Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot. Photo by Eric Wolfe

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Compare and Contrast the two works

Kate Gilmore ,2013

Titled:  Only One Like you

Medium:  Styrofoam in painted metal cube

Size: Variable Dimensions

At the Frost Museum, this sculpture gets my attention for the composition and color. I like how the red cubes are located on front of the dark wall because they pop up even more. There are five cubes displayed in different distances and forms, but I read them as dynamic composition because of their repetition of the shapes. As first impression I thought they were  made of carboard, but they seemed too shiny. Also I thought that they were a melted red plastic .. (like Burri works) but I was wrong. Reading the medium, I was surprised they are metal cubes because visually they look soft and easy to manipulate. These objects are the result of a performance made by artists that hit the cubes for 90 minutes with a tool.  Also, Gilmore asked the artists to wear jeans and red bandana because she inspired by cover album Bruce Springsteen to connect the custom of the America society. In my opinion the title has as reference to the relation of love and hate in the America people.

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/sledgehammers-and-crickets-a-little-night-music-in-miami-59622/ 

In contrast with Smith’s sculpture, I was surprised to see a sculpture so distant from the public.  As first impression,  I did not like it because the sculpture seems abandoned. I don’t know if the location of the object is intentional by the artist or curator. If not, I’m still curious to see the material closely and the details of the process in person instead of looking online. Reading the text, she also incorporated stuffed animals in part of the object that I cannot see. In my opinion if the sculpture was displayed more visibly to the public, I could still appreciate the sculpture for their details and texture.

Shinique Smith  ,2005

Titled:  Bale  Variant no. 0012

Medium:  Clothing fabric, ribbon, twine and wood

Size: Variable Dimensions

https://www.shiniquesmith.com/sculpture

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This stunning artwork is called stargazer and is a creation of Shinique Smith, it's done by incorporating a diverse array of materials including denim, cotton, sequined mesh, ribbon, wood, rope, dye, marker, acrylic, and poly. The diverse combination of elements adds depth and texture to the piece, resulting in a truly captivating composition. Its dimensions are equivalent to 7 basketballs stacked vertically and 3 basketballs placed side by side at the base. This design was made using a wide variety of clothing, joining them together to form a object with a similar shape as a human body.I would say the emphasis is on the piece of clothing, the rhythm of this piece is regular, its asymmetric and proportion wise s similar to that of a human. The artist's deliberate use of color within the same color scheme is truly effective. The harmonious combination of colors creates a sense of unity, while the occasional use of a different color draws attention to specific areas of the artwork, adding an element of intrigue and complexity. I find myself deeply drawn to this artwork and feel compelled to explore the artist's intention behind the use of clothing as a medium. I am particularly interested in understanding why the artist chose this specific medium rather than opting for a more conventional material. Smith associates it with the African slave trade. After seeing this artwork, I believe that the artist has a vivid imagination and is highly creative. Smith created this piece as a reminder that we all make wishes on the same stars, hoping that we, as a community, will honor each other and the challenging journeys of our ancestors. In my humble opinion, this piece doesn't quite align with the artist's description, but I can understand her perspective to some extent. I think this art work is amazing because it bring highlight to a period of time when the only light to a so called better future was just bright shining stars.

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Shinique Smith

Black and White Floaty, 2006

Clothing, accessories, and binding

47 × 23 × 23 in. (119.4 × 58.4 × 58.4 cm)

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Lucia Hierro, Home Sweet Home: Is Home a Sanctuary? At the Children’s Museum of Art in NYC. With works by: Emilie Clark, Tom Fruin, Todd Hido, Ann Toebbe, Shinique Smith, Letha Wilson.

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MUSEUM VISIT

“Slumpie Miniature Models”, Glazed Ceramic, 2018

When I visited the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum Art Museum, one of the pieces that caught my eye, not necessarily in a good way, was Jillian Mayer’s “Slumpie Miniature Models”. The one thing I really dislike is the size of the sculpture. I know that these are just miniatures but I would have much rather seen those instead. I feel like these don’t really bring out the potential of the actual piece. Another thing I don’t necessarily like is the way the colors are placed on the sculpture. I know the piece is supposed to be a contemporary/abstract piece so having a clean look wouldn’t really fit the concept, but I still don’t like it. I know working with ceramic glazes can be a little difficult at times but I don’t think it was accidental. I think maybe just using paint instead of the glaze would make it look a little better.

“Bale Variant No. 0012”, Clothing, fabric, ribbon, twine, and wood, 2005

When I visited the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum Art Museum, a piece that I really liked was Shinique Smith’s “Bale Variant No. 0012”. First I really like the size of it and the mass of materials that was used to make it. Smith used a variety of fabrics and wood. Smith’s piece is also abstract but for some reason I think that she was able to execute it better than Jillian Mayer’s piece. Another thing I like about this piece is where it is located in the gallery. It is placed right above the stairs near the corner and window. I like how a piece like this isn’t on the ground and is placed in a very unconventional place where not many people can see but when they do it’s kind of a pleasant surprise. The form of the piece is very simple but I think the materials and how it’s used makes up for that simple aspect.

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For this assignment I chose to compare Embaiada de España by Glexis Novoa and Bale Variant No. 0012 by Shinique Smith.

Embaiada de España is a sculpture made from the fragment of a wall on a cement and steel base. Along with this, it also features a graphite element which seems to depict a large ship. Upon closer examination, we see that this drawing is actually a building, specifically the Embassy of Spain which I found out from the plaque with information about the piece. The base of the sculpture embodies modern forms but also refers back to the architecture of Havanna, the home of the artist.

Bale Variant No. 0012 is a sculpture made of clothing, fabric, linen, twine, and wood. The piece is covered in all different kinds of materials. The artist’s intention was to evoke ideas pertaining to memory, displacement, and consumption and they did so by combining together the materials the way that they did.

Comparing both of these sculptures to each other, I am more drawn to Embaiada de España. The sculpture brings me a sense of comfort knowing that it’s a reflection of the artists native city. I also really enjoy that there is a drawing on the sculpture, as I am a more tradition artist so I feel like I connected to it in that way. I don’t feel the same feelings for Bale Variant No. 0012. I don’t think it’s at the same level as Embaiada de España and I just don’t think it’s as impressive. Although I do appreciate what the artist is going for, I much rather sit and think about Embaiada de España. It is possible that I’ve become numb to Bale Varian No. 0012 because I see it every time I go to the Frost and from every level of the museum.

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Shinique Smith, Soul Elsewhere, 2013