Coming up on April 11th, the Brooklyn Museum will be presenting a new large-scale installation from Swoon (interviewed), whom we just visited in studio earlier this year. Entitled Submerged Motherlands, the epic site-specific creation will be housed in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery on the 5th Floor featuring a “monumental sculptural tree with a constructed environment at its base, including sculpted boats and rafts, figurative prints and drawings, and cut paper foliage.” Known for her interest in social issues, Swoon will be working with theme of climate change and crafting a response to Hurricane Sandy and Doggerland, “a landmass that once connected Great Britain and Europe and that was destroyed by a tsunami 8,000 years ago.” Take a look at more photos from the NY-based artist and her crew setting up the installation…
Photos via the artist.
Discuss Swoon here.
