S U N N Y A. S M I T H : S E A R C H

Linen , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Archival Pigment , Photographic Works , Living History , Premodern Abstraction , Installations , Sculptures , Site-specific Works , Furniture , Performative Sculptures , Quilts , Participation , Ribbons , Wood , Costumes , Cheater Cloth , Mirrors , Silk , Musical Instruments , Activated Space , Clothing , Wool , Satellite Dishes , Curtains , Rope , Period Rooms , Forts , Editions , Bedding , Backdrops , Reenactments , TInware , Soldiers , Silkscreen , Needle Work , Multiples , Kits , Drums , Dolls , Ceramics , Candles , Archives , Windsor Chairs , Wax , Sconces , Handmade Paper , Gouache , Glass , Bunting , Trench Art , Tilt-top Tables , Prototypes , Baskets , Banners , Portraits , Eyes , Candy , Wrought Iron , Tables , Snakes , Paper , Overshot , Figures , Farby Labels , Fancy Work , Braided Rugs , Willow , Whitman's Samplers , Ticking , Pomegranates , Performances , Jugs , Horsehair , Flower Arrangements , Flags , Collage , Cauldrons , Canopy Beds , Books , Antennas , Wreaths , Uniforms , Shop Signs , Scare Crows , Sacks , Platforms , Lanterns , Hay , Flame Stitch , Crewel Work , Canvas , Calico , Brooms , Bandboxes , Wigs , Theorem Painting , Tents , Stoneware , Stencils , Slipware , Rubbings , Redware , Pushcarts , Pockets , Pin Prikt , Parades , Market Stalls , Marbling , Glass Eyes , Display Cases , Crates , Canteens , Bottles , Barrels , Wands , Slippers , Shearling , Self-portraits , Peddlers , Medals , Keys , Hobby Horses , Hats , Guns , Engraving , Eagles , Doubles , Concealments , Chargers , Broadsides

Candlelight Bulbs
1997-2002
Cast beeswax

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Also exhibited in "Allison Smith: Stilleven, evenStill," Bellwether, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York; "New Directions '98," Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, curated by Eugenie Tsai; "Allison Smith" Since '72," Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, MFA thesis exhibition. Photo credit Daphne Fitzpatrick.

Wax , Sculptural Objects , Candles

Mom-n-Pop Market Stall
1999
Mixed media

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop Market Stall," Meat Market Art Fair, Artists Space, New York, curated by Jenelle Porter. Photo credit Daphne Fitzpatrick.

Whitman's Samplers , Wax , Tents , Site-specific Works , Sculptural Objects , Prototypes , Prints , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Paper , Needle Work , Multiples , Market Stalls , Lanterns , Kits , Jugs , Installations , Hay , Glass , Farby Labels , Editions , Canvas , Candy , Candles , Braided Rugs , Baskets , Activated Space

HELL-O Satellite Dish
2010 - 2022
iron, glass beeswax
7 ¾” d x 16" diam. x 17 ¾” h

Photo credit Josef Jacques. "Allison Smith: Rudiments of Fife and Drum," Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2 May - 2 September 2013); "Sunny A. Smith: The Compass Rose," Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (13 January - 12 March 2023)

Wax , Sconces , Satellite Dishes , Mirrors

Uncompact
2019
cotton twill tape, fragments of natural parchment, sealing wax
14” x 15”

Photo credit Josef Jacques.

Wax

Uncompact, Plaid
2019
woven tape, parchment, sealing wax
8” h x 7” w

Photo credit Josef Jacques.

Wax

Three handled Spell
2022
redware, leather, linen twill tape, parchment, sealing wax

Photo credit Josef Jacques. "Sunny A. Smith: The Compass Rose," Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (13 January - 12 March 2023)

Wax , Ceramics

The Compass Rose
2023
installation shot

Photo credit Josef Jacques. "Sunny A. Smith: The Compass Rose," Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (13 January - 12 March 2023)

Willow , Wax , Tables , Sculptural Objects , Performative Sculptures , Musical Instruments , Glass , Editions , Candles