New Image Art is pleased to announce the first Los Angeles solo exhibition by SWOON, Drown Your Boats, opening Saturday, February 16th. Partially inspired by Angela Carter's Burning Your Boats, this show, and much of SWOON's work is not only a momentary glimpse in contemporary life; her work speaks of tales, legends, and variations on mythic themes, sparked by great vitality, inventiveness, and a deeply macabre imagination.
Having recently participated in an armada of sorts SWOON along with other fellow Pittsburgh "boat punks" constructed their own flotilla and sailed down the Hudson and Mississippi Rivers! For this new exhibition SWOON will be executing a canoe as her central installation piece that will later become part of a Deitch Projects show this Fall.
SWOON's worlds are often populated by realistically rendered, and evocatively cutout street people, often her friends and family. You've probably encountered SWOON's work before: she has been covering the streets of New York with her signature cutouts for several years. Often found in beautiful states of decay, her wheat-pasted cut outs "collaborate" with the street to create a time-based public artwork that we simply can't get enough of! More info at New Image Art online. Images courtesy Josh White.
New Image Art is pleased to announce the first Los Angeles solo exhibition by SWOON, Drown Your Boats, opening Saturday, February 16th. Partially inspired by Angela Carter's Burning Your Boats, this show, and much of SWOON's work is not only a momentary glimpse in contemporary life; her work speaks of tales, legends, and variations on mythic themes, sparked by great vitality, inventiveness, and a deeply macabre imagination. 
SWOON's worlds are often populated by realistically rendered, and evocatively cutout street people, often her friends and family. You've probably encountered SWOON's work before: she has been covering the streets of New York with her signature cutouts for several years. Often found in beautiful states of decay, her wheat-pasted cut outs "collaborate" with the street to create a time-based public artwork that we simply can't get enough of! More info at New Image Art 
