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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by BlackRatPress on Oct 3, 2007 22:07:01 GMT 1, Black Rat Gallery
So the time has come for us to move on. For the last eight months weโve basically been holed-up in the dark cramped set of the Ladykillers. Every three minutes our teacups rattle in their saucers as trains thunder overhead, causing the old grandfather clockโs minute hand to rest flaccidly at six, while Alec Guiness pretends to play violin in the corner. But no more. Foiled in our attempts to set up an art empire in Battersea by a little old lady and the fact that no one wants an art empire in Battersea, we are moving east. Called by the siren song of blonde beers, aviator shades, too-skinny jeans and those really terrible looking jumpsuit-type outfits all the girls are wearing for no discernible reason we are decamping to a beautiful 2000 square foot gallery in Shoreditch. Weโd say gleaming but that would be a lie. Itโs almost entirely brick.
The exact location will be announced in a couple of weeks when weโve settled in. That way youโll know where to come for the first show.
The First Show: Heap
Our first show HEAP is going to be an absolute corker. Itโs an installation show by Swoon, David Ellis and Monica Canilao. Theyโre going to be camped out in the gallery for two weeks prior to the show creating art to fit the space. (NB. If anyone from Fire & Safety is reading this itโs okay, weโve told them no open fires.) (NB. If anyone from Swoon, David Ellis and Monica Canilao is reading this, donโt worry, we lied to Fire & Saftey, you can have all the open fires you want. No, weโre kidding. Youโre not camping at all. Weโve got you a very nice apartment just off Old Street. It has beds and everything. Well, it has beds.)
So but anyway, weโre really genuinely excited about this, weโve been huge fans of Swoonโs for years. We were huge fans of hers even before she was doing street art, thatโs how long weโve been huge fans of hers. We were huge fans of hers back when she used to sit at the back of class looking alluringly enigmatic and etching deft character studies into her school books with bobby pins. And now weโre all grown up weโre really excited to be doing this show. Weโve been talking with her about it for over a year now and if youโve seen any photos from her solo installation show or her collaborative show with David Ellis and Faile youโll know how special this is going to be.
Swoon is a 29 year old Brooklyn-based artist who draws from sources as diverse as German Expressionist woodblock prints and Indonesian shadow puppets. Creating beautiful life-sized character studies from paper cutouts, woodblock prints and linocuts, Swoon has been a breath of fresh air, bringing a deft feminine sensibility to the predominantly male world of street art.
Represented in NY by the highly regarded Jeffrey Deitch at his Deitch Projects Gallery, Swoon has garnered huge critical acclaim for her installation shows. In 2006 MOMA showed an installation and purchased a number of works for their collection.
David Ellis is North Carolina-born, Brooklyn-based artist whose work constitutes improvised interpretations of music and sound, in the spirit of jazz syncopation. His paintings are often recorded in a form of digital time lapse animation Ellis calls โmotion paintingโ. Ellis often works directly on the walls of spaces that remain open to the public during installation and shares the making of the work with viewers โ like a live band in front of an audience.
His motion painting, Paint on trucks in a world in need of love was recently exhibited at MoMA
Monica Canilao is a young Oakland-based graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts. Canilao uses found paper, collage, sculpture and fabrics to create art that seeks to capture the human condition. Her work seeks to find a beauty and fragile sense of survival in discarded objects, which she feels carry an echo of humanity and a continued sense of embattled spirit.
*For further extended artist bios please visit our website.
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So the time has come for us to move on. For the last eight months weโve basically been holed-up in the dark cramped set of the Ladykillers. Every three minutes our teacups rattle in their saucers as trains thunder overhead, causing the old grandfather clockโs minute hand to rest flaccidly at six, while Alec Guiness pretends to play violin in the corner. But no more. Foiled in our attempts to set up an art empire in Battersea by a little old lady and the fact that no one wants an art empire in Battersea, we are moving east. Called by the siren song of blonde beers, aviator shades, too-skinny jeans and those really terrible looking jumpsuit-type outfits all the girls are wearing for no discernible reason we are decamping to a beautiful 2000 square foot gallery in Shoreditch. Weโd say gleaming but that would be a lie. Itโs almost entirely brick.
The exact location will be announced in a couple of weeks when weโve settled in. That way youโll know where to come for the first show.
The First Show: Heap
Our first show HEAP is going to be an absolute corker. Itโs an installation show by Swoon, David Ellis and Monica Canilao. Theyโre going to be camped out in the gallery for two weeks prior to the show creating art to fit the space. (NB. If anyone from Fire & Safety is reading this itโs okay, weโve told them no open fires.) (NB. If anyone from Swoon, David Ellis and Monica Canilao is reading this, donโt worry, we lied to Fire & Saftey, you can have all the open fires you want. No, weโre kidding. Youโre not camping at all. Weโve got you a very nice apartment just off Old Street. It has beds and everything. Well, it has beds.)
So but anyway, weโre really genuinely excited about this, weโve been huge fans of Swoonโs for years. We were huge fans of hers even before she was doing street art, thatโs how long weโve been huge fans of hers. We were huge fans of hers back when she used to sit at the back of class looking alluringly enigmatic and etching deft character studies into her school books with bobby pins. And now weโre all grown up weโre really excited to be doing this show. Weโve been talking with her about it for over a year now and if youโve seen any photos from her solo installation show or her collaborative show with David Ellis and Faile youโll know how special this is going to be.
Swoon is a 29 year old Brooklyn-based artist who draws from sources as diverse as German Expressionist woodblock prints and Indonesian shadow puppets. Creating beautiful life-sized character studies from paper cutouts, woodblock prints and linocuts, Swoon has been a breath of fresh air, bringing a deft feminine sensibility to the predominantly male world of street art.
Represented in NY by the highly regarded Jeffrey Deitch at his Deitch Projects Gallery, Swoon has garnered huge critical acclaim for her installation shows. In 2006 MOMA showed an installation and purchased a number of works for their collection.
David Ellis is North Carolina-born, Brooklyn-based artist whose work constitutes improvised interpretations of music and sound, in the spirit of jazz syncopation. His paintings are often recorded in a form of digital time lapse animation Ellis calls โmotion paintingโ. Ellis often works directly on the walls of spaces that remain open to the public during installation and shares the making of the work with viewers โ like a live band in front of an audience.
His motion painting, Paint on trucks in a world in need of love was recently exhibited at MoMA
Monica Canilao is a young Oakland-based graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts. Canilao uses found paper, collage, sculpture and fabrics to create art that seeks to capture the human condition. Her work seeks to find a beauty and fragile sense of survival in discarded objects, which she feels carry an echo of humanity and a continued sense of embattled spirit.
*For further extended artist bios please visit our website.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by stuey09 on Oct 3, 2007 22:30:43 GMT 1, Like the reference to Ladykillers. One of my favourite films
Like the reference to Ladykillers. One of my favourite films
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by graeme501 on Oct 26, 2007 19:43:11 GMT 1, is there new swoon originals on brp ? or have i been away 2 long ?
is there new swoon originals on brp ? or have i been away 2 long ?
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by stuey09 on Oct 26, 2007 19:46:07 GMT 1, A bit of both Graeme
A bit of both Graeme
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by arcam on Nov 30, 2007 0:17:24 GMT 1, How does BRP shopping cart work? Is it like POW once it's in your basket you've time to browse?
How does BRP shopping cart work? Is it like POW once it's in your basket you've time to browse?
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by Neate Michael on Nov 12, 2007 12:11:28 GMT 1, I finally got round to taking in the installation at BRP on Saturday and it is fantastic... Really nice people too, and met someone lucky enough to be buying a Swoon original... Lucky so and so!
Lots of Swoon stuff papered up outside BRP!
Awesome....
I finally got round to taking in the installation at BRP on Saturday and it is fantastic... Really nice people too, and met someone lucky enough to be buying a Swoon original... Lucky so and so!
Lots of Swoon stuff papered up outside BRP!
Awesome....
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by rkitek on Nov 13, 2007 21:49:36 GMT 1, You should post pics of your new Swoon, I'm sure people would like to see it.
You should post pics of your new Swoon, I'm sure people would like to see it.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by wlsp4657 on Nov 30, 2007 12:13:51 GMT 1, Lovin this new Swoon on BRP!
Lovin this new Swoon on BRP!
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by Viva Hate on Nov 30, 2007 12:19:54 GMT 1, Very nice indeed
Very nice indeed
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by pezlow on Nov 30, 2007 12:21:23 GMT 1, Yeah I really like it too. Although I understood that the BRP swoon release was to be an etching rather than screenprint - maybe that is to come later.
Yeah I really like it too. Although I understood that the BRP swoon release was to be an etching rather than screenprint - maybe that is to come later.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by Blind Angle on Nov 30, 2007 12:22:57 GMT 1, Lovely Print!
Lovely Print!
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by manchestermike on Nov 30, 2007 12:26:18 GMT 1, Pass for me... it's better than Swoon prints I've seen before but still no much likee
Pass for me... it's better than Swoon prints I've seen before but still no much likee
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by johnas on Nov 30, 2007 12:26:28 GMT 1, i like it too but at the price, i'd rather buy the Armsrock original tbh
Gonna wait and see if Pez is right though and see if anything else comes out!
i like it too but at the price, i'd rather buy the Armsrock original tbh
Gonna wait and see if Pez is right though and see if anything else comes out!
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by manchestermike on Nov 30, 2007 12:29:45 GMT 1, i like it too but at the price, i'd rather buy the Armsrock original tbh Gonna wait and see if Pez is right though and see if anything else comes out!
Yes... would you like this lovely Banksy print or a Hutch original...
i like it too but at the price, i'd rather buy the Armsrock original tbh Gonna wait and see if Pez is right though and see if anything else comes out! Yes... would you like this lovely Banksy print or a Hutch original...
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by johnas on Nov 30, 2007 12:31:38 GMT 1, Hutch original??? where?
Hutch original??? where?
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by robertlondon on Nov 30, 2007 12:36:07 GMT 1,
I find it an awkward image. Cropped arm. No action. No context. Most will just stay in the tubes.
imo that is.
I find it an awkward image. Cropped arm. No action. No context. Most will just stay in the tubes. imo that is.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by giiiant on Nov 30, 2007 12:39:02 GMT 1, Maybe the cropped arm is relevent? Just sayin
Maybe the cropped arm is relevent? Just sayin
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by gozgoz on Nov 30, 2007 13:14:14 GMT 1, if i got that i'll be dying to use a marker to draw an arm in.
if i got that i'll be dying to use a marker to draw an arm in.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by benya on Nov 30, 2007 13:38:17 GMT 1, I really like it - think it would look lovely in a long frame
I really like it - think it would look lovely in a long frame
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by slacker on Nov 30, 2007 13:40:27 GMT 1, Maybe the cropped arm is relevent? Just sayin
yep, when i saw it i thought that it signified the boy's strength despite his disability. if that aint the case then it's a pretty big oversight by swoon.
Maybe the cropped arm is relevent? Just sayin yep, when i saw it i thought that it signified the boy's strength despite his disability. if that aint the case then it's a pretty big oversight by swoon.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by manchestermike on Nov 30, 2007 13:41:40 GMT 1, I really like it - think it would look lovely in a long frame
It's look a bit funny in a short frame ;D
I really like it - think it would look lovely in a long frame It's look a bit funny in a short frame ;D
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by bond on Nov 30, 2007 13:42:39 GMT 1, does'nt do it for me - Woohoo !! i've bought sod all all week !
I eat tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
does'nt do it for me - Woohoo !! i've bought sod all all week ! I eat tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by manty on Nov 30, 2007 16:29:26 GMT 1,
I like it, I bought it, I have a place for it :-) all is good
I like it, I bought it, I have a place for it :-) all is good
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by ricosg11 on Aug 25, 2007 18:42:26 GMT 1, here is a video of swoon presenting her works at the moma. Parts 1 and 2. These really made me appreciate her work in a whole new way. She seems like a really great girl on top of being an amazing artist.
here is a video of swoon presenting her works at the moma. Parts 1 and 2. These really made me appreciate her work in a whole new way. She seems like a really great girl on top of being an amazing artist.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by ricosg11 on Aug 25, 2007 21:47:28 GMT 1, nice edit silky thanks
nice edit silky thanks
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by simongoff on Aug 26, 2007 16:18:12 GMT 1, appreciated, great link
appreciated, great link
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by Martin Whatson on Aug 26, 2007 21:20:36 GMT 1, Got to love that girl. Truly inspiering.
Got to love that girl. Truly inspiering.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by jrallah on Aug 27, 2007 5:38:58 GMT 1, We had the pleasure of meeting up with Swoon when she popped by for a visit in Bangkok. On top of being an exceptional artist, after a few hours of conversation with her, I realized that she was probably one of the most inspiring people i'd ever met. She's just got a great optimism in her, but not at all in a naive or blind way.
An A1 person through and through.
PS- Incidentally, she's as hyper as a 5-year-old on speed, which makes her even more enjoyable.
We had the pleasure of meeting up with Swoon when she popped by for a visit in Bangkok. On top of being an exceptional artist, after a few hours of conversation with her, I realized that she was probably one of the most inspiring people i'd ever met. She's just got a great optimism in her, but not at all in a naive or blind way.
An A1 person through and through.
PS- Incidentally, she's as hyper as a 5-year-old on speed, which makes her even more enjoyable.
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Swoon ๐บ๐ธ Contemporary Art โข Street Art โข Art For Sale, by saltandiron on Sept 5, 2007 10:34:49 GMT 1, one's been sold in the last few minutes.
They're beautiful.
one's been sold in the last few minutes.
They're beautiful.
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