#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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Shinique Smith 'Arcadian Cluster" Installation (2006)

Smiths installation consisting of fabrics, clothes, collage, acrylic, found objects, and bindings is a beautiful piece that represents her idea of self, identity and memory.

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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.

[cosmicanger]

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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Shinique Smith, Soul Elsewhere, 2013

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Shinique Smith Tilting the Sun (2020) Ink and acrylic on canvas Courtesy Baik Art. 

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Her Kind group show at Sargent's Daughters Gallery, Chinatown NYC.