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The Artist Project: Swoon

Dec 7, 2015 3 MINUTES
"You feel the love that is contained within looking. A painting can convey an entire emotional position on the world."

Artist Swoon reflects on Honoré Daumier's "The Third-Class Carriage" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Swoon, born Caledonia Dance Curry in 1977, is an American street artist.

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Dawn and Gemma, 2014

Wood, paper, paint; 52 × 23 3/4 × 1 in. (132.1 × 60.3 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist (2015.58) © Swoon. Photo: Tod Seelie

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