Alicia - Heliotrope Edition Print by Swoon

Description: Edline- Heliotrope Edition by Swoon- "Caledonia Curry"This print is in Like New Near Mint Condition. It has been stored in an acid free archival safe environment- (The printing papers original box- a gift from Swoon!) It has never been framed, handled with bare hands, or exposed to direct sunlight. About the print:digital print on archival Hamermuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper13″x19″ paper sizeedition of 350embossed by Braddock TilesNote: This official and licensed print is embossed and numbered but not signed.About the Artwork-Swoon painted a large scale portrait of Alicia following their collaboration on the artwork for Alicia’s 2020 single, “Underdog.” Swoon’s vision was to harness the powerful spirit of the songstress and said of the piece, “It’s Alicia—she’s this creative force. She’s very much in the line of portraits of people realizing themselves, unfurling into themselves.” This Heliotrope Print is based off of this original painting.March 2021 began our support of ZA’KIYAH HOUSE, an organization in Pittsburgh whose mission is to reduce drug addiction, recidivism & homelessness by operating a sober living residence to help those transitioning back into society after incarceration or out of crisis. Their facility assists individuals along the journey to self-sufficiency by helping them access the essential resources they need, including recovery support, counseling, education, mental health treatment & employment strategies. Za’Kiyah House will be opening a residence in December for women operating on the same principles as their men’s residence. Heliotrope and Swoon donated a property next to the Braddock Church that will become this new home. Proceeds from the sale of the ALICIA print will further bolster our assistance to Za’Kiyah House with the renovation work in the coming months. (Swoon- Caledonia Curry)Artist BioCaledonia Curry, whose work appears under the name Swoon, is a Brooklyn-based artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art. Callie took to the streets of New York while attending the Pratt Institute of Art in 1999, pasting her paper portraits to the sides of buildings with the goal of making art and the public space of the city more accessible.In a moment when contemporary art often holds a conflicted relationship to beauty, Callie’s work carries with it an earnestness, treating the beautiful as sublime even as she explores the darker sides of her subjects. Her work has become known for marrying the whimsical to the grounded, often weaving in slivers of fairy-tales, scraps of myth, and a recurring motif of the sacred feminine. Tendrils of her own family history—and a legacy of her parents’ struggles with addiction and substance abuse—recur throughout her work.While much of Callie’s art plays with the fantastical, there is also a strong element of realism. This can be seen in her myriad social endeavors, including a long-term community revitalization project in Braddock, Pennsylvania and her efforts to build earthquake-resistant homes in Haiti through Konbit Shelter. Her non-profit, the Heliotrope Foundation, was created in order to further support these ventures.Today, Callie’s work can be found on the sides of buildings worldwide and has been given both permanent and transient homes in more classical institutions, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Tate Modern, and the São Paulo Museum of Art. Most recently, she has begun using film animation to explore the boundaries of visual storytelling. (Heliotrope Foundation) About the Heliotrope FoundationWorking under the artist name Swoon, Caledonia Curry is a classically trained visual artist and printmaker who has spent the last 15 years exploring the relationship between people and their built environment. Her first interventions in the urban landscape took the form of wheat-pasting portraits to the walls of cities around the world, a project that is still evolving. From 2006 to 2009, she constructed and navigated a flotilla of sculptural rafts made from recycled materials down the Mississippi and Hudson rivers, and across the Adriatic Sea to Venice. Since 2008, Callie has been working in collaboration with Braddock Tiles on a revitalization project in the town of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, giving a century-old church new life as an arts center and ceramics guild.In 2010 she cofounded Konbit Shelter and built a community center and two homes in earthquake-devastated Haiti, integrating her creative process into a sustainable reconstruction effort. Callie is currently working toward the construction of a musical house - entitled Dithyrambalina - in New Orleans, collaborating with arts initiative New Orleans Airlift. Alongside her place-based work, she has a studio practice of drawing, printmaking, architectural sculpture and installations.Callie’s work has been collected and shown internationally at galleries and museums, including the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, the Sao Paolo Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.In 2015, Callie founded the Heliotrope Foundation to support her ongoing work in Braddock, New Orleans, and Haiti. --Heliotrope Foundation

Price: 165 USD

Location: Toledo, Ohio

End Time: 2024-01-21T15:08:48.000Z

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