New York-based street artist Swoon – known for her life-sized paper cut-outs and wheatpasting – reemerges fresh off the boat at LA’s New Image Art this Saturday, February 16th, for her first West coast solo show. After spending time sailing down the Hudson and Mississippi rivers in a self-made flotilla with other boat punks, the multi-oriented grafitti artist has put together Drown Your Boats, inspired in part by British author Angela Carter’s posthumous short story collection, Burning Your Boats.
Already having secured herself a permanent spot New York’s Museum of Modern Art, not to mention a faithful following since her debut on the street in 1999, Swoon works with a variety of mediums to create compelling visual reminders of the charm still present in every day urban life. Her art focuses on “creating peepholes throughout the city in subtle places where, once discovered, the viewer can glimpse a hidden dream world through the unassuming aperture.”
The opening reception for “Drown Your Boats” will take place Saturday, February 16th at New Image Art in LA, and the show will run until April 19th.
Drown Your Boats
Feb. 16th- April 19th
Opening Reception: Feb. 16th, 7 – 10pm
New Image Art
7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 654-2192
www.newimageartgallery.com