I Myself Have Seen It: Photography and Kiki Smith

A major figure in contemporary art, Kiki Smith is best known for her sculptures, prints and drawings. In I Myself Have Seen It she uses photography to further explore her ideas related to the human figure, the natural world, portraiture and fairy tales. More than 200 objects (including several sculptures and two video works) and 1,300 photographs will suggest new meanings and possibilities for her art.

Curated for the Henry Art Gallery by Elizabeth Brown with support from Steven Johnson and Walter Sudol, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and ArtsFund. The exhibition is accompanied by a monograph co-published by the Henry Art Gallery with Prestel.

Sponsored locally by Paul Giancola and Sandra Deitch.

economy of means: toward humility in contemporary sculpture

In these lean times, we are often asked to do a lot with a little. The artists in economy of means distill the material stuff of our lives and create poetic sculptural work. They look to their materials to dictate form and function, demonstrating an honesty and humility in relationship to artistic media. The exhibition reveals the subtle ways in which our physical world enables us to remain connected and interdependent.

Clockwise from top left, all artwork © the artists: Ara Dymond, Rug, 2011. Glass, ranger board. 31 x 74 x 7 inches. Courtesy of Taxter and Spengemann. Felipe Cohen, Box, Model #5 from the Series "Noon", 2010. Black basalt and cardboard box. 50 x 105 x 65 centemeters. Courtesy of Galeria Marilia Razuk.Tony Feher, Untitled, ca. 1991-92. Glass bottles with screw lids and various small objects. JackDa, ca. 1991-92. Glass jar, marbles and feather. All works courtesy of the artist, PACE Gallery and D'Amelio Terras, NY. Beth Campbell, Lamps, 2010. Ceramic, lampshades, hardware, light bulbs, electrical wiring. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York.

Organized by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
Sponsored by Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation.

young@art gallery: Next Action: art, technology and apprenticeship

High school students join forces with PhD students at ASU's School of Arts, Media + Engineering to create digital and interactive art experiences at the intersection of art and technology. These include interactive installations, computational photography, robotics, digital sculptures, interactive music and soundscapes and more.

Located inside the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
Free admission MON-SAT 10-5 PM / SUN 12-5 PM and during evening events.
Organized by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.

SMoCA Lounge : Meet and mingle with the artists and curators

No host bar + DJ Mr. P-Body. Event maven Jen Deveroux will be having some of her "Animal Royale" fashion show designers showing off their looks/models in the crowd. There is no runway show - it's more of a passive circulating of models wearing different designer's looks. We'll also be having red velvet cupcakes and a special signature Red Lounge 'velvet' drink available (cake vodka, cranberry juice, & soda water) to celebrate SMoCA's & AZ's birthdays - not to mention Valentine's Day.