Icarus

Icarus

Alexis SmithWW-2003-M080010
2003·Toy airplane on printed paper in artist's frame·22 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 2" (57.2 x 49.5 x 5.1 cm)

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Year
2003
Dimensions
22 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 2" (57.2 x 49.5 x 5.1 cm)

Artist

Alexis Smith
Alexis Smith

Mixed Media

Alexis Smith was an American artist working across drawing, collage, installation, and public art from the 1970s onward. Her practice combined found materials, text, and archival imagery to excavate overlooked narratives from American cultural history, particularly the intersection of landscape, labor, and desire in the postwar West. Smith's large-scale wall works and site-specific installations often incorporated vintage photographs, maps, and fragments of vernacular design, creating dense visual essays that resisted singular interpretation.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Year
2003
Dimensions
22 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 2" (57.2 x 49.5 x 5.1 cm)
Watts ID
WW-2003-M080010

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Source
moma
Status
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Artist

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Mixed Media

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