Swoon

This photo is taken from an advertisement in the latest issue of Art On Paper. The ad is for a new release by Swoon at HuiPress, although there's nothing about the release on the HuiPress web site.

If you don't know Swoon, she's a young (26 31) street artist whose work has recently become sought after by galleries and museums, including the NY Museum of Modern Art. Swoon works on full-sized 4-foot by 8-foot sheets of plywood using exacto knives and/or a dremel tool. She prints by placing the board on the floor, rolling on some etching ink, placing paper on top, and printing with her feet. She makes multiple paper copies and then pastes them onto buildings.

What I love about this photo is the intimacy between the artist and the wood. I can't imagine how else you could carve a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood except by kneeling on top of it like this.

I also can't imagine how you could carve like this after the age of 40!