Keith Smith, Multiple Exposure with Remark (a la Picasso Etching), 1966 - Courtesy of the artist and Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
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Synecdoche
06/11/2025 - 06/01/2026
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 1001
https://brucesilverstein.com/
Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to present Keith Smith: Synecdoche, curated by Megan N. Liberty, the gallery's fifth solo exhibition of the artist's work. The title Synecdoche, "a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole," captures the conceptual premise of this exhibition and a central tenet of Smith's practice. In his own words, "pictures can, no, must give up their sovereignty for the sake of the total."
The exhibition brings together over forty works from Smith's groundbreaking early experiments in photography and bookmaking from the 1960s to the 1980s, a period of profound innovation. Drawn from the artist's personal archive, the collages, works on fabric, postcards, and artist books in this exhibition offer a rare opportunity to appreciate a true polymath who drew upon a vast range of mediums and techniques to explore themes of love, self-identity, sexuality, friendship, and domesticity. Over six decades, Smith has consistently challenged and expanded the boundaries of art, influencing generations of artists working at the intersection of image, text, and structure.
06/11/2025 - 06/01/2026
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 1001
https://brucesilverstein.com/
Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to present Keith Smith: Synecdoche, curated by Megan N. Liberty, the gallery's fifth solo exhibition of the artist's work. The title Synecdoche, "a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole," captures the conceptual premise of this exhibition and a central tenet of Smith's practice. In his own words, "pictures can, no, must give up their sovereignty for the sake of the total."
The exhibition brings together over forty works from Smith's groundbreaking early experiments in photography and bookmaking from the 1960s to the 1980s, a period of profound innovation. Drawn from the artist's personal archive, the collages, works on fabric, postcards, and artist books in this exhibition offer a rare opportunity to appreciate a true polymath who drew upon a vast range of mediums and techniques to explore themes of love, self-identity, sexuality, friendship, and domesticity. Over six decades, Smith has consistently challenged and expanded the boundaries of art, influencing generations of artists working at the intersection of image, text, and structure.