{"id":1499,"date":"2011-11-11T03:03:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T03:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilovemega.com\/blog\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:13:06","slug":"street-art-of-the-week-swoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/street-art-of-the-week-swoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Swoon <br \/>STREET ART OF THE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Swoon, inspiring street artist<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Street art can be poetic, touching and beautiful.<\/strong><br \/>\nSwoon is American street artist who specializes in life-size wheat paste prints and paper cutouts of figures. She started doing street art around 1999, after moving to New York City.<br \/>\nThis urban art recognized veteran is still very active today with a lot of exhibitions around the world.<br \/>\nSurprisingly, one of the influences of this American artist can be found in Indonesia. Some of her artworks were inspired by the &#8220;Wayang Kulit&#8221;, which is the traditional Indonesian shadow puppet theatre.<br \/>\n<em>More about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missrockaway.org\/\" title=\"Swoon\" target=\"_blank\">inspiring female street artist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4193\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-mural.jpg\" alt=\"Swoon indoor mural\" title=\"swoon-mural\" width=\"550\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-mural.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-mural-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-mural-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swoon indoor mural<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4194\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-street-art-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of the street artist Swoon in action\" title=\"swoon-street-art-portrait\" width=\"550\" height=\"827\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-street-art-portrait.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ilovemega.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/swoon-street-art-portrait-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of the street artist in action<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Walrus TV Artist Feature: Swoon Interview from &quot;The Run Up&quot;\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtEDSQblGVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swoon, inspiring street artist Street art can be poetic, touching and beautiful. Swoon is American street artist who specializes in life-size wheat paste prints and paper cutouts of figures. 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