of paintings and sculptures. Titled “High as Fuck,” the exhibition involved a series of photographs of the artworks propped up against the edge of his building’s rooftop interspersed with video clips of Smith speaking about his creative process. In lieu of wall text, Smith pasted red paper letters of the show’s title on the stairwell door.
In a statement that accompanied the exhibition opening, Smith wrote that while making a six-part large painting that’s on view in the London show, he felt that"a sort of city" was developing as he made them. Via email, I asked him if he felt like he was creating an ideal version of the city he experienced while New York was in lockdown.
shutdown,” he wrote. “Not really how the city looked, but how it felt. There was nowhere to go, and people had not yet begun to re-emerge from their homes. I was painting for myself to allay my fears and concerns.”As for whether he still felt the optimism that coursed through “High as Fuck,” he was more hesitant. “Definitely do not feel like that. Still kind of high but not high as fuck,” Smith wrote. “The future has always been scary. I had no idea how bad things would be turning out.
In addition to the New York and London shows, which will remain on view through the end of the month, Smith fans have another opportunity to interact with his work this fall. For the second iteration of
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