Ray SmithVase 5, 2018
$20,000
Vase 5
By Ray Smith
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Vase Ceramics
Category
2010s Ray Smith Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ray Smith Sculptures
American, Mexican, b. 1959
Ray Smith is a contemporary artist who combines the techniques of print- and collage-making with a Cubist aesthetic in his unique signature compositions. His abstract paintings and sculptures can often be classified as Surrealist for their otherworldly qualities. Smith uses anthropomorphism and visual juxtaposition to jar the viewer and give his creations a magically alien quality.
Smith was born in Texas in 1959 but grew up in Central Mexico. He attended art school in both countries before settling in Cuernavaca, Mexico; he also regularly traveled to New York. He held his first solo exhibitions in Mexico at the Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales in 1979 and in New York at Tower Gallery in 1984.
Smith’s work grew in prestige and popularity over the years for its exuberant style and cross-cultural sensibilities. He drew as much from famed European artists like Pablo Picasso as from the traditional Mexican muralists, exploring themes such as birth, family, culture, war, politics and death. By 1989, Smith was participating in the Whitney Biennial in New York City.
Smith has continued to exhibit his work in the United States and Mexico. His paintings are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City.
In 2019, Smith held a “Celebrating 10 Years of Ray Smith Studio” exhibition at his studio in Brooklyn, New York. Today, he splits his time between New York and Cuernavaca, Mexico.
On 1stDibs, find Ray Smith’s paintings, sculptures and other art.
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Ray SmithVase 3, 2018
$15,000
Vase 3
By Ray Smith
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Vase Ceramics
Category
2010s Ray Smith Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ray SmithVase 2, 2018
$18,000
Vase 2
By Ray Smith
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Vase Ceramics
Category
2010s Ray Smith Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ray SmithVase 6, 2018
$20,000
Vase 6
By Ray Smith
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Vase Ceramics
Category
2010s Ray Smith Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ray SmithVase 1, 2018
$15,000
Vase 1
By Ray Smith
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Vase Ceramics
Category
2010s Ray Smith Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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