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Born 1978 New London, Connecticut. Known for: Street art painting, installation, performance art.
With a glowing paper cutout pinned over her heart, the artist known as Swoon led a procession through the Brooklyn Museum early one summer night to her installation Submerged Motherlands, a... Read full biography
With a glowing paper cutout pinned over her heart, the artist known as Swoon led a procession through the Brooklyn Museum early one summer night to her installation Submerged Motherlands, a site-specific jumble that includes two cantilevered rafts, seemingly cobbled out of junk; a tree, of fabric... Read full biography
With a glowing paper cutout pinned over her heart, the artist known as Swoon led a procession through the Brooklyn Museum early one summer night to her installation Submerged Motherlands, a site-specific jumble that includes two cantilevered rafts, seemingly cobbled out of junk; a tree, of fabric and wire, that reaches to the rotunda; and nooks of stenciled portraits. A sellout crowd was there for a film premiere and multimedia concert, documenting and inspired by Swoon's travel on the rafts.... Read full biography
With a glowing paper cutout pinned over her heart, the artist known as Swoon led a procession through the Brooklyn Museum early one summer night to her installation Submerged Motherlands, a site-specific jumble that includes two cantilevered rafts, seemingly cobbled out of junk; a tree, of fabric and wire, that reaches to the rotunda; and nooks of stenciled portraits. A sellout crowd was there for a film premiere and multimedia concert, documenting and inspired by Swoon's travel on the rafts. As the audience sat spellbound, Swoon, her red curls bobbing, flitted around, snapping photos, taking it all in. "There's that feeling that you get when you see something that you don't understand the origin of: wonderment," she said. "It brings about... Read full biography
With a glowing paper cutout pinned over her heart, the artist known as Swoon led a procession through the Brooklyn Museum early one summer night to her installation Submerged Motherlands, a site-specific jumble that includes two cantilevered rafts, seemingly cobbled out of junk; a tree, of fabric and wire, that reaches to the rotunda; and nooks of stenciled portraits. A sellout crowd was there for a film premiere and multimedia concert, documenting and inspired by Swoon's travel on the rafts. As the audience sat spellbound, Swoon, her red curls bobbing, flitted around, snapping photos, taking it all in. "There's that feeling that you get when you see something that you don't understand the origin of: wonderment," she said. "It brings about a kind of innocence, and I love that. I love to witness it. I love to be a part of making those moments happen.". Since she... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Paper as Art Media
Art Style
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Art Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art School
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Added Description
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
- •Street Artist