Brooklyn-based artist Swoon celebrates everyday people and explores social and environmental issues with her signature paper portraits and figurative installations. She is best known for her large, intricately-cut prints wheat pasted to industrial buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan.   Read the full article at https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/swoon/

“Life is not merely what it seems to be. Hidden from our eyes by the cloak of materiality is a wonderful world which only the eyes of the dreamer can see and the soul of the mystic comprehend.” Read the full article at https://brooklynrail.org/2022/06/in-memoriam/A-Tribute-to-Lance-De-Los-Reyes

The fashion house is getting into the world of NFTs. Givenchy’s creative director, Matthew M. Williams was determined to bring to his designs his flair for artistic innovation. Partnering with graphic artist Chito, with whom he already worked on the spring 2022 pre-collection, Williams has co-created a series of 15 unique graphic designs.”I’ve been wanting to explore this new and exciting space of NFTs,” says Williams. “The fact that Chito is already active in the ecosystem made it feel even more natural for us to collaborate on this limited series and bring our collective vision for Givenchy even further.” The auction

Street and installation artist Swoon, aka Caledonia Dance Curry (b. 1977) takes much pride in subverting expectations, from the art world and otherwise. “It’s not like I don’t do things because I’m worried that they would be perceived as normal,” says Swoon. “Sometimes in life you are born feeling like a bit of an outsider. When that happens you realize that you have to kind of cut your own path in life.” Read the full article here https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamlehrer/2016/02/13/new-york-street-and-installation-artist-swoon-uses-humanity-as-her-most-powerful-tool/?sh=6b67e2284c16

Contrasting the often violent nature of gang culture, Sissòn breathes optimism into his paintings by using a vibrant choice of colors and harking to 2Pac’s famous poem, “The Rose That Grew From Concrete”. Similar to the lyrics, Sissòn’s painting’s articulate through portraiture a message of adversity; that despite societal hinderances the way out is yours to define. Read the full article at https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/sisson-one-way-out-exhibition-franchise

Lori Earley is a contemporary surrealist figurative artist who began exhibiting her work in 2004.  She describes her work, “My oil paintings are a combination of classical realistic rendering with a  personal element of distortion” This distortion comes from an innate desire to transform her  emotions into tangible planes that express what she feels, not what she sees.   Read the full article at https://beautifulbizarre.net/2014/01/25/lori-earley/