2004-2005

Matthew Ritchie

Sue de Beer

Rico Gatson

2002-2003

National Dance Institute

Diller & Scofidio

Ellen Harvey

Lorna Simpson

2001-2002

töshöklabs

Larry Krone

Robert Lazzarini

Paul Pfeiffer

Kiki Smith

2000-2001

Vik Muniz

Glenn Ligon

Barbara Kruger

1999-2000

Fred Tomaselli

Kiki Smith discusses slides of her work at Youth Insights' Artists + Youth: A Dialogue.

The first Artist + Youth: a Dialogue of the 2001-2002 year was held with the sculptor Kiki Smith on November 30th, 2001, at the Whitney Museum. We had a conversation with Kiki about her artwork on display here, at the Whitney Museum.
Kiki Smith's artwork deals with the identity, perceptions of our bodies, and the process of aging.

RESPONSES/ OPINIONS OF TWO YOUTH INSIGHTS PARTICIPANTS:

Amy: "Kiki Smith's artwork has always interested me. Hearing her talk about her work definitely gave me a new dimension of her sculptures, paintings, photographs and prints. Kiki's answers weren't always predictable. She often challenged what I asked her. The experience was a little frustrating, but I'm glad Kiki responded the way she did. It certainly made the dialogue more interesting!"

Shahrina: "It's been a challenge for me to understand the theme behind her artwork in the past. This interview offered me an in-depth, primary source to comprehend and appreciate Kiki Smith's art. I found her to be exceptionally opinionated and witty, which made the dialogue very engaging and enjoyable. Being a part of the interviewing crew, I got a chance to speak to her after the interview , and noticed that she is a very friendly person…. She's cool!"

Adam: "Meeting Kiki Smith, and getting to interview her in front of all those people was an amazing experience. After my initial nervousness wore off, I felt very comfortable leading the discussion and really enjoyed having what felt like a really great dialogue that everyone was interested in. Her candor was probably what I enjoyed most about the dialogue, just hearing her say, "oh my, that is a horrible slide, that should be destroyed," was the highlight of the evening for me. I also thought it was great that she was so open and friendly to us, and sat it out through all of the little mishaps (fire alarms going off every 20 minutes), and still was enthusiastically answering all of our questions. It was nice to have the opportunity to speek to such an important artist in that intimate of an environment."

© 2001 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York