2. According to Cotter, what experiences in Kiki Smith’s life have fueled her fascination with the body?

Her training as a medical technician, AIDS crisis, and the Roman Catholic teachings about miraculous healings

Explanation:

Kiki Smith was born into a Roman Catholic family, which values the tradition of miraculous healings and sacred relics. This was her first emotional connection to the bodies and their functioning.

During the 80s in New York, when she was in her 20s, she trained to be a medical technician. This also sparked her interest in the mechanism of the body and the ways they work. During the time of her training, there was the AIDS crisis as well, and some of the victims were close to her.

All of these are the reasons Holland Cotter cites in the article as the ones that influenced Kiki Smith’s interest in the human body which she later explored through her art.