This weekend my friend Bishop took me to an AMAZING exhibit by
Swoon at
Deitch Projects in LIC. I find it truly unique how her work appeases both the
gritty urban crowd (since she earned her stripes as a street artist and uses found objects) and the
high-brow crowd (since her work is technically stunning and is rooted in influences such as German Expressionist woodcuts). Her work is so intricate that simply thinking about the number of man hours put into the creation of these grand pieces made me feel like a lazy sloth of an artist! (I had to remind myself that she had 75 collaborators) I was impressed and inspired.
As though this installation wasn't enough, outside the open doors of the gallery right there on the East River were her seven handmade boats. They were like little floating cities, that were sailed them down the Hudson!
Bishop and I adored this piece in particular...
A close up of her elaborately cut paper designs that covered the walls...
This fan behind the figure is made of pieces of painted doors...how cool is that!
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