Swoon: The Canyon

The first major survey of artist Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon), the exhibition showcased multiple dimensions of Curry’s multi-faceted practice, including a new site-specific installation, the Medea, the re-stagings of past landmark projects, and a survey of her socially-driven work through her foundation Heliotrope. Curry has given life to a burgeoning family of faces and figures who take on extraordinary presence when placed in public space. To bring people closer, she explains, “I make [the figures] human-scale and close to the ground, so you have a one-on-one experience. I call them vessels of empathy. ” Photography: Tod Seelie