The result is a disorienting universe characteristic of Smith’s long association with both pop culture and metaphysical practices. The paintings are characterized by slightly visible erased imagery that serves as both memory and ghost- like images reminiscent of Smith’s childhood that was filled with séances and talking spirits. Smith works the canvas like a physicist’s blackboard where he can postulate new image formulations and equations. The curious and psychologically-charged images in Smith’s new paintings are drawn from found imagery in 1950s Cold War spy manuals, lingerie ads, books on mysticism and numerology, lost magic books and early genetic diagrams. These five artists established the movement that has become known as The Pictures Generation that now includes Cindy Sherman, RichardPrince, Laurie Simmons and others.

Curated by Douglas Crimp,the show included Robert Longo, Sherrie Levine, Troy Brauntuch, Jack Goldstein and Philip Smith. Philip Smith’s Extended Bio Philip Smith’s pictographic work was first seen in the seminal Pictures Exhibition at Artists Space. Philip talks about his Father Lew Smith whom some could say has similarities to legendary mystic Edgar Cayce. Walking Through Walls with Philip Smith “Philip Smith’s compelling readable memoir of his father-a psychic, exorcist, hands-on healer, and… decorator!-is as entertaining as it is bizarre, all the way to its unexpected and deeply moving conclusion.” -John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil For the first time since 2014, Bestselling Author & Renowned Artist Philip Smith returns to the Outer Limits of Inner Truth Radio Show.

Walking Through Walls by Philip Smith