About the artwork
Surrounded by backdrops reminiscent of the artist's Indonesian influences, a woman stands with her infant, nursing. Capturing an intimate, tender scene between mother and child, the artist handles her usual fantastical universe with an abundance of curves, rosettes and arabesques. The edges of the silkscreen, torn by hand by the artist, add a touch of fragility.
Expert opinion
With its ornate scrollwork framing a reclining woman, this work by Swoon, an indisputable figure on the American urban scene, is typical of the artist's work.
About the artist
Born in 1978, Swoon, whose real name is Caledonia Curry, is an American artist. In 1999, she began plastering the streets of New York with her portraits while attending the Pratt Institute of Art. Now recognized as the first woman to achieve notoriety in the world of urban art, she explores the darker sides of her subjects, regularly marrying a fantastical universe with female figures. Beyond the seemingly mystical universe of her works, she maintains a strong sense of realism, particularly in the social struggles of today's society. In this respect, she created the Heliotrope Foundation to help communities respond and heal after natural disasters and other major social crises. Her work is exhibited in prestigious institutions such as New York's Museum of Modern Art, Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, Tate Modern and the São Paulo Museum of Art.
“For me, it was a question of retaining my identity and training as a classical portraitist and transposing it outside, into this other tradition.”
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