LAUGH TRACK, OR WHO’S THAT PEEKING IN MY WINDOW

Sable Elyse Smith

BornNationalityBased In
1986AmericanNew York City
Biography

Sable Elyse Smith’s interdisciplinary practice spans photography, painting, video, text, neon and sculpture. Often using language to highlight its performative aspect, the artist blends that which is political, public and personal to reveal institutional violence in the contexts of the carceral and court systems, correction facilities and racial injustices. Smith combines the imagery of mass incarceration with unexpected metaphors, such as an intimate touch of a lover, children’s colouring books or playgrounds. The contrast produced is at once uncanny and familiar: while not physically spoken of, the violence that Smith’s work reveals is entrenched, normalised in everyday public consciousness. By displaying the trauma of unseen, ignored narratives, the social commentary of Smith’s conceptual practice strives to find the missing language to speak of the unspoken. ...

Selected Artworks
8423 Days
Sable Elyse Smith
8423 Days, 2020
121.9 x 101.6 x 5.1cm
Coloring Book 29
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 29, 2019
152.4 x 127cm
Coloring Book 36
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 36, 2019
152.4 x 127cm
Coloring Book 38
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 38, 2019
152.4 x 127cm
Coloring Book 42
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 42, 2019
152.4 x 127cm
Coloring Book 43
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 43, 2019
152.4 x 127cm
Coloring Book 62
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 62, 2020
152.4 x 127cm
Pivot II
Sable Elyse Smith
Pivot II, 2019
142.2 x 142.2 x 142.2cm
Riot I
Sable Elyse Smith
Riot I, 2019
142.2 x 142.2 x 142.2cm
Coloring Book 127
Sable Elyse Smith
Coloring Book 127, 2023
162 x 136.2 x 6cm
LAUGH TRACK, OR WHO’S THAT PEEKING IN MY WINDOW
Sable Elyse Smith
LAUGH TRACK, OR WHO’S THAT PEEKING IN MY WINDOW, 2021
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Whitney Biennial2022 - New York City
Venice Biennial2022 - Venice
Venice Biennial2022 - Venice
Whitney Biennial2022 - New York City
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