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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by mcnuts on Jan 8, 2008 10:46:30 GMT 1, Swoon Miss Rockaway edition of 85, 175 GBP cash is going to pay for a nice little Armsrock Commission  . London based need to sell quickly!
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Swoon Miss Rockaway edition of 85, 175 GBP cash is going to pay for a nice little Armsrock Commission . London based need to sell quickly! SOLD |
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pezlow
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by pezlow on Jan 8, 2008 11:11:19 GMT 1, Nice price. Would be all over this if I didn't have one already. Did you see this article in the Economist:
Art Basel diary in the economist. Too long to reproduce in full but below is what is said about Swoon.
www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10312922&fsrc=RSS
And then I stumble upon what to me is the most covetable of all the works of art I've seen so far. “Miss Rockaway Armada” (pictured) is small, at 15.5x19.5”, and monochrome, white ink on white vellum, so I nearly walked right past it. Words can't do it justice: it's a delicate screenprint of bony mermaids surrounded by serpents and dead fish. The artist, Swoon, is something of a cult hero to fans of street art in New York. She made her name plastering fine renderings of local characters—homeless women, buskers, street vendors—onto abandoned buildings in New York using a paste made from wheat.
“Miss Rockaway Armada” is a reference to a group project, backed by 30 artists and performers, with a mission to float on a homemade raft down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans, stopping along the way to perform and give workshops. (“We are NOT hippies”, their website insists.) Swoon’s print is number 85, of an edition of 85, and its price is $500.
Deitch Projects, the host of last night's extravaganza at the Raleigh, are also exhibiting Swoon at their centrally-located booth in the Art Basel convention centre. There, her large lithograph on mylar, titled “The Girl From Ranoon Provence”, sold for $18,000. It will be replaced by a new one, “The Construction Worker”, tomorrow.
Here at Fountain, Swoon’s work is carried by Christina Ray of Glowlab, a private gallery that specialises in experimental urban art in the spirit of Guy Debord and the Situationists of the 1950s. “Swoon is engaged in finding places that are in need of attention”, Ms Ray said to me in an interview this summer, “If you come upon one of her pieces, your perception of that space will change”.
And, as I continue my tour of the crumbling warehouse, I realise just how right she is.
Nice price. Would be all over this if I didn't have one already. Did you see this article in the Economist: Art Basel diary in the economist. Too long to reproduce in full but below is what is said about Swoon. www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10312922&fsrc=RSSAnd then I stumble upon what to me is the most covetable of all the works of art I've seen so far. “Miss Rockaway Armada” (pictured) is small, at 15.5x19.5”, and monochrome, white ink on white vellum, so I nearly walked right past it. Words can't do it justice: it's a delicate screenprint of bony mermaids surrounded by serpents and dead fish. The artist, Swoon, is something of a cult hero to fans of street art in New York. She made her name plastering fine renderings of local characters—homeless women, buskers, street vendors—onto abandoned buildings in New York using a paste made from wheat. “Miss Rockaway Armada” is a reference to a group project, backed by 30 artists and performers, with a mission to float on a homemade raft down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans, stopping along the way to perform and give workshops. (“We are NOT hippies”, their website insists.) Swoon’s print is number 85, of an edition of 85, and its price is $500. Deitch Projects, the host of last night's extravaganza at the Raleigh, are also exhibiting Swoon at their centrally-located booth in the Art Basel convention centre. There, her large lithograph on mylar, titled “The Girl From Ranoon Provence”, sold for $18,000. It will be replaced by a new one, “The Construction Worker”, tomorrow. Here at Fountain, Swoon’s work is carried by Christina Ray of Glowlab, a private gallery that specialises in experimental urban art in the spirit of Guy Debord and the Situationists of the 1950s. “Swoon is engaged in finding places that are in need of attention”, Ms Ray said to me in an interview this summer, “If you come upon one of her pieces, your perception of that space will change”. And, as I continue my tour of the crumbling warehouse, I realise just how right she is. |
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by mcnuts on Jan 8, 2008 11:41:42 GMT 1, missed that article, cheers for that pez! Almost makes me second guess sellin it!
missed that article, cheers for that pez! Almost makes me second guess sellin it!
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by mcnuts on Jan 8, 2008 19:29:07 GMT 1, any takers?
any takers? |
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otomi
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by otomi on Jan 8, 2008 19:38:50 GMT 1, I wish - my walls are full
I wish - my walls are full
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by mcnuts on Jan 8, 2008 21:43:15 GMT 1, well cheers anyway 
well cheers anyway |
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by top on Jan 8, 2008 21:46:42 GMT 1, pic please mcnuts!
link pic dont look too good!
pic please mcnuts!
link pic dont look too good!
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by carl on Jan 8, 2008 21:48:56 GMT 1, Nice print, great price. Good luck.
Nice print, great price. Good luck.
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by top on Jan 8, 2008 22:28:13 GMT 1, PM sent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mcnuts! seen your pic..muchos gracias senor
PM sent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mcnuts! seen your pic..muchos gracias senor
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by Zippy on Jan 8, 2008 22:30:23 GMT 1, where?
where?
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by top on Jan 8, 2008 22:42:09 GMT 1, Mcnuts..check your PM!
Mcnuts..check your PM!
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by top on Jan 8, 2008 22:43:21 GMT 1, Sorry zippy, I was trippin about it..!!!
Sorry zippy, I was trippin about it..!!!
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Swoon - Ms Rockaway 175 GBP - SOLD, by top on Jan 9, 2008 14:40:00 GMT 1, Cheers for the info Pez
sweet ;D
Cheers for the info Pez sweet ;D |
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