‘Eco and Narcissus”: Kiki Smith
In the ‘Eco and Narcissus” exhibition at Palazzo Barberini, Kiki Smith’s 2004 installation “Large Dessert” dominated the winter audience chamber of the Pope creating a domestic setting. Delicate female figures in Sevres bisque porcelain and flowers are displayed on a long wooden table. Originally created for the Palazzo Quarini Stampalia in Venice, the women and children reference some of the 18th-century figurines of the palazzo. Such figures were used to decorate dining tab