A woman, drawn in light lines against a black background.

Mortal: A Portfolio of Woodcuts by Kiki Smith

May 24–August 18, 2013

Lockhart Gallery

This suite of 12 woodcut prints by groundbreaking American artist Kiki Smith was a 2011 gift of the Gallery Council. Self-published and printed in black on Japanese paper, Mortal (2007) depicts the final stages of the life of the artist’s mother. With great economy, the prints in the portfolio evoke a pathos similar in feeling to the German Expressionists.

This exhibition marks the first time that the entire suite is on view at MAG.

A woman, drawn in light lines against a black background.
Print from “Mortal”, 2007
Kiki Smith
© Kiki Smith/Pace Gallery, New York
Featured Image CreditKiki Smith, Print from “Mortal” (detail), 2007. Woodcut. Gift of the Gallery Council, 2011.2.3 © Kiki Smith/Pace Gallery, New York

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