Seton Smith
{{Short description|American artist}}
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| birth_date = 1955
| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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| nationality = American
| field = Photography, installation art
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Seton Smith (born 1955) is an American artist photographer.
Early life and education
Smith was born in 1955 in Newark, New Jersey.{{Cite web|url=http://setonsmith.com/about/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=setonsmith.com|title=Seton Smith }}{{Cite web|date=2016-06-30|title=Seton Smith|url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/seton-smith|access-date=2021-03-02|website=International Center of Photography|language=en}} Her father was artist Tony Smith and her mother was actress and opera singer Jane Lawrence.Roberta Smith. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/arts/design/22smith_obit.html "Jane Lawrence Smith, 90, Actress Associated With 1950's Art Scene, Dies"], nytimes.com; accessed April 1, 2015. Although Seton's work takes a very different form than that of her father, early exposure to his process of making geometric sculptures allowed her to experience minimalist and formal issues in art firsthand. She had a twin sister who died of AIDS, actor Beatrice "Bebe" Smith,{{Cite web|date=2012-01-24|title=Art Net: The Life and Times of Walter Robinson|url=https://observer.com/2012/01/art-net-the-life-and-times-of-walter-robinson-01242012/|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Observer|language=en-US}} and is also the sister of Kiki Smith, who is also an artist.{{Cite news|last=Rowlands|first=Penelope|date=2012-11-29|title=A Tale of Two Sisters|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324894104578115203181580238.html|access-date=2021-03-02|issn=0099-9660}}
Seton Smith went to public school in South Orange, New Jersey. She subsequently attended Sarah Lawrence and Bennington College, moving to New York City in 1979
Public collections
Smith is in the collections of the International Center of Photography, New York, George Pompidou Center, Paris; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum, L.A.; the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.setonsmith.com Official website]
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Category:American feminist artists
Category:Artists from South Orange, New Jersey
Category:Artists from Newark, New Jersey
Category:20th-century American photographers
Category:20th-century American women photographers