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Swoon’s mobile sculpture, “The House Our Families Built,” at Brooklyn Bridge Park in January. On Sunday, it will be at the north plaza of Union Square.Credit.RadicalMedia and PBS
The artist Caledonia Curry (professionally known as Swoon) is bringing a house to Union Square.
Previously installed at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, the mobile sculpture, “The House Our Families Built,” will be at the Manhattan square’s north plaza on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (it then moves to Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Feb. 27). This installation was commissioned by PBS as part of its storytelling project, American Portrait, which the network established with RadicalMedia to archive narratives about how we construct our identities as Americans.
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Photo: Marshall LaCount/Swoon Studio
A roving public art installation that explores the American experience has hit the streets of New York City. As part of the “American Portrait” initiative from PBS, Brooklyn-based artist Caledonia Curry, also known as Swoon, has designed a diorama-inspired sculpture on top of a 14-foot box truck. The installation, titled
The House Our Families Built, features paintings and cutouts portraying domestic life. The sculpture debuted at Brooklyn Bridge Park last weekend and will travel to Prospect Park on February 6-7, Flushing Meadows Corona Park on February 13-14, and Union Square on February 21. Photo: Marshall LaCount/Swoon Studio
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Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon, is the renowned American street artist best known for her large-scale wheat paste portraits, intricate paper cutouts and surreal installations portraying diverse individuals while evoking personal stories. Swoon is currently preparing to unveil a new moving installation as part of a national series called
American Portrait by PBS. Made in collaboration with Radical Media, the project commissions leading artists to create three large-scale stationary and roaming vehicle public art installations in three U.S. cities including New York. The initiative highlights “poignant messages of community, empathy, and understanding tied to themes explored throughout the American Portrait initiative,” as per a statement.