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New Swoon print done in her original cutout style. Front and Jay Street, Brooklyn, beneath the Manhattan Bridge.
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| All sorts of winged insects are here, moths, dragonflies, grasshoppers. I think of these style Swoon pieces as goddesses. This one seems to be gesturing "Stop." Could it have been put up in conjunction with Earth Day? Van Brunt near Beard Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. |
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Detail. Click photo for a larger version.
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More Swoon
Tuesday, October 21st, 2003
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I need to take a photo exploration of Williamsburg street art. Here’s one I saw on Monday evening, shot with my camera’s flash. The artist is Swoon. Her group is the Toyshop Collective. I’ve collected all my Swoon photos on this page. |
Paper Cut-Outs
Sunday, July 6th, 2003
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| Paper cut-outs on a black door. It’s a different technique than normally done by Swoon. The black interior areas are either printed or drawn-on, instead of cut-out. I’m not sure if it is Swoon or another artist.(I later confirmed that it was Swoon) |
Swoon
Thursday, July 3rd, 2003
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| This is the first of Swoon’s cutout street art that I’ve seen this side of the East River. Clinton Street below Houston Street. |
Wall Paper
Sunday, June 15th, 2003
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Reading this article in the Village Voice, got me over the Brooklyn Bridge today to check out the state of street art in DUMBO. These fragile paper cutouts are rapidly deteriorating in the wet weather we’ve had this Spring. The VV article attributes them to the artist Swoon. |
Click to see a larger version of this wall on Main Street near the East River in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). This is a composite of four photos.
These pieces are extremely intricate and delicate. My guess is that they are cut-out in the artists studio, layered with another sheet of paper and rolled-up together, pasted on site, and then applied to the wall. Then the support layer is peeled away to leave the cut-outs pasted to the wall. I’d like to see one freshly applied. But deterioation is part of the process I’m sure.
