Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Shout Out to Swoon



Caledonia Dance Curry, commonly known as Swoon, is a United States based street artist.  Swoon’s street art embraces the themes of fragility and community.  It is her desire to have stories emerge from her artwork and create a community spirit around her images.  She chose the street to work in because she wants her work to “participate in the world, that seeks context within our daily lives, and that is not dependent solely upon art institutions,”.   Her work is created with recycled paper and glued to the wall with wheat paste, which is intended to decay over time and eventually vanish.   This fragility that is present in the medium is used to represent the lives of those around us.  We all live within a physical environment, and it is that interweaving in her work of both humans and the physical environment that inspires Swoon in her street art.  Enjoy!
 

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