PURCHASE, NY.- Internationally acclaimed artist Kiki Smith became one of the leading artists of her time by revitalizing the body as subject matter, for herself and her generation of artists, as well as her successors. Now at the height of her career, Smith continues to be an extremely inventive and prolific artist motivated by endless curiosity about the world, notes Helaine Posner, Chief Curator of the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, who organized Visionary Sugar: Works by Kiki Smith, an exhibition of Smiths new work, that opens on February 4 at the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College. She has an enduring desire to explore the range and possibilities of figuration linked to an expansive engagement with nature, spirit, and the imagination. The exhibition includes