Swoon the street museum of art the street museum of art. It has 54 artist bios with information about what motivated them to become a street artist, and how their work has evolved. Meet 20 of the most creative, original street artists from around the worldincluding banksy. Swoon breathes life into deserted detroit architecture. She moved to new york city at age nineteen, and specializes in lifesize wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of figures. Street artist swoon on why her work can be girly and.
When the 27yearold brooklyn street artist swoon had her first oneperson. Delicate and ephemeral, the materials she uses allow for her work to continuously evolve through various stages of decay. Originally she believed her series of portraits would be a twomonth project but she has. Swoon, real name caledonia dance curry, studied painting at the pratt institute in brooklyn and started doing street art around 1999. Swoon is a street artist from new york city who specializes in lifesize wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of figures. Swoon is a brooklynbased street artist who creates lifesized portraits of people she meets, using woodcut block prints and paper cutouts. Though street art is still a boys club, women like elle, swoon and vexta are trying to change the status quo roland henry wed 7 jan 2015 14. In his series building cuts, he went on location to buildings that were.
Her adventures and team spirit are the makings of a family channel series for. Streetart appreciators and pedestrians alike have done more than just relate to her workthe panoply of lifesized figures has made swoon a legend in the streets of new york and as far afield as. In 1997, swoon moved to new york, where she obtained a ba in fine arts from the pratt institute in brooklyn, ny. Swoon urban artist, brooklyn, new york swoon print. Caledonia curry, whose work appears under the name swoon, is a brooklynbased artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain largescale recognition in the maledominated world of street art. Swoon instagram and website, swoon urban artist, brooklyn, new york street art, urban art auction news and results, official artist prints canvas and painting wanted by collectors, forum with discussions ranging from graffiti to contemporary art, the original banksy forum. Swoon is a both humanitarian and artist who creates street art, installations, and sculptural assemblages in order to improve the world and make people happier and more content with their surroundings, both functionally and aesthetically. Swoon is a street artist originally from daytona beach, florida. Swoon, real name caledonia callie dance curry, studied painting at the pratt institute in brooklyn and started doing street art around 1999. Riding bikes, talking on a stoop, going grocery shopping. Swoons galleries are city walls, often in the environments that inspired the prints.
Art focus on brooklyn museum installation by the artist swoon. She keeps her real name a mystery to avoid prosecution for vandalism crimes associated with her street art. In 1997, swoon moved to new york, where she obtained a ba. Swoon is a contemporary american street artist best known for her largescale wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts. The communal project, which could be seen openly by the public, is one attuned to swoons personal ideals. Originally known for her street art, she studied at the pratt institute in brooklyn, receiving a ba in fine arts in 2002.
American brooklynbased street artist swoon has been wheat pasting her prints and paper cutouts in public since 1999. All our content is geolocalized, so you can quickly discover main artistic trends from all over the world. Street artist swoon, also known as caledonia curry, is one of the only female artist to have achieved success in both the fine art and graffiti worlds. The artist swoon born 1977 is a mixed media artist who specializes in lifesize wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of human figures. Callie took to the streets of new york while attending the pratt institute of art in 1999, pasting her paper portraits to the sides.
Usually the works are posted on abandoned buildings, bridges, fire escapes, water towers, and street signs. Caledonia curry, whose work appears under the name swoon, is a brooklynbased artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain largescale recognition in. Street artist swoon grew up in daytona beach, florida but moved to new york at age nineteen, following her creative aspirations. The artist known as swoon has used a variety of mediums to create whimsical worlds and captivating portraits throughout her work, both for the street and the museum. She was born in new london, ct, and raised in daytona beach, fl. Swoons worlds are often populated by realistically rendered and evocatively cutout street people, often her friends and family.
Swoon is a brooklynbased street artist famous for her lifesized woodblock and cutpaper portraits and her humanitarian projects in haiti. Street artist swoon employs the architecture of a detroit vacuum cleaner factory to create a metaphor for the passage from life to death. This first monograph on the street artist swoon is a crash course on the incredible range of her diverse artistic practices. Street and installation artist swoon, aka caledonia dance curry b. Fatcap is a webbased resource on graffiti and streetart culture. Here you will find pictures, videos, and articles, classified by artists, and updated daily. For its first stop in europe, swoons traveling exhibition time capsule will be installed in the fluctuart showroom, the worlds first floating art center, a unique venue open to all the public.
This book is the second in a series published by graffito books. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist. Art has moved from the museum into the streets, with visionary artists using their creativity to convert the spaces of everyday life and, often, to address social and political issues. Swoon is a street artist hailing from new york who is well known for her intricate and lifesize what paste prints and paper cut outs of figures based upon people in her life. Swoon is a street artist who specializes in lifesize wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of human figures. Swoon believes art is an immersive, provocative, and. How street artist swoon creates lifesize dreamlike worlds. Stencil graffiti street graphics street art in stencil graffiti, the first book to examine comprehensively this design phenomenon, tristan manco traces the history of stencil art and provides an exciting and thorough overview of the medium. Swoon is a brooklyn based artist known for her largescale installations and life sized woodblock and cut paper portraits of everyday people. Swoon, real name caledonia dance curry, recently partook in the djerbahood project, a popular street art scheme that sought to project an openair museum onto the island of djerba, situated slightly off the coast of tunisia. Being an activist and humanitarian, swoons work reflects the social and environmental issues. Like i have to stop doing certain things that are comfortable in order to get uncomfortable, which is that really creative space. Today, we turn to seven stunning, intelligent books that examine street art from a variety of angles, from the artistic to the sociocultural to the political and beyond, to glean holistic understanding of the ubiquitous, important but often misunderstood medium for public dialogue and civic selfexpression. Swoon is a convenient, secure, fun online store which provides quality makeup, skincare, tech and travel and gifting.
Online museum shop of the national museum of women in the arts. Now were turning our art club into an interview series in which we catch up with the artists and designers we admire and find out what drives. In order to find a spot to hang her works of art, swoon rides around the streets of new york looking for appropriate places. These people traverse a cityscape of her own unique invention. Through these works of art she hoped to highlight the human element of urban living. In 2015, after many successful projects, swoon has founded a nonprofit. Filled with brilliant color photographs, the book brings reader to streets around the world to see her lifesize prints and paper cutouts that transform as natural elements slowly erode and destroy them. For more information on the website, please check our about us section. Swoon has been creating street art in new york city since 1999. Swoon is a nyc street artist who works predominantly paper cut outs and realistic, woodcut style of street people. Swoon, born caledonia curry, has been experimenting and challenging herself for almost 20 years. When the 27yearold brooklyn street artist swoon had her first oneperson gal. She studied at the pratt institute in brooklyn and started doing street art around 1999 and largescale installations in 2005. Once she locates a space that is large enough and that receives a lot of visibility, she hangs the art alone.
After a series of rearranged plans, weve met for breakfast at an. My first interventions in the urban landscape took the form of wheatpasting portraits to the walls of cities around the world. How street artist swoon creates lifesize dreamlike worlds the verge. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. I am a classically trained visual artist and printmaker, and for the last years i have been exploring the relationship between people and their built environment. A chronological journey through the work and technical evolutions of this major street art artist. Her art is inspired by both art historical and folk sources and largely based on the pictures as reference. Meet the women redefining street art art and design. Swoon is known for her instantly recognizable lifesized wheatpaste prints all hand cut of highly detailed figures situated on walls and abandoned buildings in brooklyn and manhattan. Though street art is still a boys club, women like elle, swoon and vexta are trying to change the status quo. Swoon, creates street art, installations, and sculptural assemblages. See more ideas about artist, street artists and street art. Her main focus is creating lifesized, cutout, wheat paste prints and paper cutouts of figures based upon people in her life.
Youll learn why swoon loves portraits, how faile started their collaborations and how dface found inspiration at a mindnumbing job. Street artist swoons work may be designed to fade away, but the trail it. Swoon installation at fine art print fair the new york times. About installations projects currently in the studio street shop cv press media contact. Swoon swoon swoon street art, i really like how bold and bright these images are, and that swoon uses woodcut as her primary inspiration.
Since studying at pratt institute, shes been creating massive installations for galleries as well as engaging in humanitarian efforts. Vocabulary street art graffiti collage mixed media activism materials acrylic sheets cardstock can also be used permanent markers xacto. With influences ranging from german expressionist wood block prints to indonesian shadow puppets, swoon is a master of using cut paper. Swoon is known for street art painting, installation, performance art. She studied painting at the pratt institute in brooklyn and inspired by her surroundings began to put up posters and stickers on city walls and billboards, altering existing advertising in an act of brandalism. Its not like i dont do things because im worried that they would be perceived as normal, says swoon.
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