Artwork Description
Swoon – Moni and the Sphinx 1
Dimensions: 84 x 76″ finished size
Year: 2016
Medium: block print, coffee stain and gouache on mylar
Caledonia Curry, whose work appears under the name Swoon, is a Brooklyn-based artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art. Callie took to the streets of New York while attending the Pratt Institute of Art in 1999, pasting her paper portraits to the sides of buildings with the goal of making art and the public space of the city more accessible.