MELANIE SMITH – AN AGE OF LIBERTY WHEN THE WORLD HAD BEEN POSSIBLE
2026-01-05An Age of Liberty When the World Had Been Possible marks two decades of collaboration with the artist and will be shown for the very first time at the gallery’s Paris location.
A multidisciplinary artist whose exhibitions consistently explore drawing, painting, performative film, and installation, Smith enjoys drawing from the vast fields of painting and art history, intertwining them with moving images. In her most recent works, the artist examines the impact of extractivism on specific ecosystems and environments in Latin America. Her research, almost anthropological in nature, leads her to observe territories under multiple threats: whether it is the disappearance of certain species or the uses and traditions that developed in their presence.
Opposite – Animation drawing for Axolotl 4, 2025
Exhibition runs through to February 27th, 2026
Galerie Peter Kilchmann
11 Rue des Arquebusiers
75003 Paris
France
