What Swoon Leaves on the Wall: Wheatpaste, Decay, and the Making of Beauty

Swoon turns wheat-paste portraits, decay and salvaged materials into a practice shaped by attention, damage and repair Swoon made decay part of the meaning of her portraits. Wheat-pasted figures weathered on New York walls until rain, dirt and deterioration fused with the image, turning the city from a backdrop into material. The damage was not incidental. Weather, dirt and time completed the image, making decay part of the portrait rather than an assault upon it. This process gives the Brooklyn-based […]