Kiki Smith: Constellation September 22, 2007

'Kiki Smith: Constellation' is a meditation on the infinity of space and our human desire to know and tame it - to make it our own. In this room-sized installation, the artist brings the vast dome of heaven down to earth, where cast glass animals and stars sparkle and glow at our feet. Arranged upon a plane of night-blue Nepal paper, these miniature symbols of distant constellations awaken wonder and remind us of the mystery that compelled ancient astronomers to chart and name them.