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Kiki Smith: Squatting The Palace (2009)

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American artist Kiki Smith is renowned for print and sculptural works that explore issues of feminism and the female body. This documentary offers a glimpse into Smith's artistic process as she creates a series of prints, sculptures, and furniture for an eight-room art installation called "Homespun Tales: Stories of Domestic Occupation," which was exhibited in Venice, Italy, as part of the 2005 Venice Biennale.

Unrated, 45 min.

Drama, Special Interest

Directed By: Vivien Bittencourt , Vincent Katz

In Theaters: Jan 10, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Nov 24, 2009

Critic Reviews for Kiki Smith: Squatting The Palace

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The film at times seems like a comic opera. It's no surprise that it all comes together in the end.

May 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Cate McQuaid

Boston Globe

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An edifying documentary about how one of today's hottest artists creates her memorable work.

January 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsday

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Ariella Budick

Newsday

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Ms. Smith's vision is sketched on a napkin, and her approach to executing it is something like an act of surrender.

January 10, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

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Kiki Smith: Squatting the Palace studies the frizzy-haired, multi-tattooed woman as she works in her East Village house preparing sculptures, paintings, drawings and furniture for an eight-room installation at a palace in Venice.

January 10, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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In perpetual, almost pathological motion, Smith fills her Lower East Side home with sketches, sculptures, and people in preparation for an ambitious installation in Venice.

January 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michelle Orange

Village Voice

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