Swoon Me

These are great examples of Swoon's papercut technique. She makes rough drawings and then slices the images out of stacked sheets of paper, creating a sort of limited print run. The papercuts become almost translucent when absorbed into the surface on which they are plastered. They are like living organisms, the artist has said.

I like the way this image is altered by its context (above).

But what about this context (below)?

It's actually a gallery space - Deitch Projects' Art Basel Miami.

For me, the work doesn't have nearly the same power, not only because its raucousness is contrived, but because only the elite will ever see it:

Who wants to see street art in a gallery? WHO knows it's there?