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In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.
Kiki Smith
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Kiki Smith
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 18
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Printmaker
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