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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Worm

Worm, Kiki Smith, 1992

Kiki Smith, portrait

Kiki SmithAmerican, 1954

Worm

1992 · Prints, Collages

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 3 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the work

Kiki Smith has explored ideas of mortality, decay, and femininity through images of the body—usually her own. Here, she has dissected photographs of herself to create a worm-like figure, emerging below a body contorted into the fetal position and framed by a rectangle. Is the shape constricting or comforting her? The curled figure is a photographic negative, creating an unnatural glow that dissolves the face and hands—as though the body were decaying into light.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Particulars

1992 · aged 38

1954now

Accession number: 2011.74.14

In the catalog

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Minneapolis Institute of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © 1992 Kiki Smith/ Universal Limited Art Editions

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