Swoon: Exploring the World of Paper-Cut Stencils

Explore our archive dedicated to the influential street artist Swoon. Discover the unique beauty of her large-scale paper-cut stencils and her impactful contributions to the urban art landscape. From her early works to her most recent projects, delve into the evolution of her style, the stories behind her art, and the social commentary woven into her pieces. We’ll examine her innovative techniques, her collaborations, and her enduring legacy in the world of street art. Whether you’re a seasoned art enthusiast or just beginning to explore the vibrant world of urban art, you’ll find much to appreciate in Swoon’s powerful and evocative body of work.

Wooden Installations, X-Rayed Buildings, Graffiti in Japan & an online 1UP

Hey boys and girls, it’s almost X-mas, for what reason I’d like to give you another urban art link-tips special including the latest street art and graffiti news I wasn’t able to pack into a proper post. So stay inside, grab a coffee or tea and enjoy the following links! Peace. Designer Kyle Bean creates very interesting stuff like that London Tube Map made of drinking straws! Playing with wood, paint and shadows, the two French artists Sambre and Lek just constucted an awesome indoor installation in Paris. ...

Paper Art: Swoon Interview & New Artworks!

For some weeks, the print festival “Philagrafika 2010”, which thematizes the role of print in contemporary artistic practice, takes place in North Philadelphia. ...

Urban Art Movie: Inside Outside

Today, I got a nice e-mail from Claire from the online video platform Babelgum. She wrote about the online premier of the great urban art movie “Inside Outside” by Andreas Johnsen and Nis Boye Møller Rasmussen from Denmark. “Inside Outside follows artists from New York, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Sao Paulo who blur the lines between legal and illegal art, making a living through engaging with the commercial art world, but still thriving on the energy of working in the street. ...

Swoon’s Street Art Book

Until Yesterday, I didn’t know that there’s an very interesting street art book about one of my favorite urban artists Swoon on the market. Swoon is known by most people through her wheat-pasted cut-outs, which have appeared throughout New York for the better part of the last decade. Her unique style and her claim to document urban life and culture in an artistic way, made her artworks popular around the world. ...