#martinswift

[impermanent-art]

Work by Martin Swift for the 2020 edition of DC Walls.

A portrait of Richard Bangura, a survivor of gun violence as a sophomore in high school who became an anti-gun violence advocate, only to be shot and killed a few years later.

[scenefromthesidewalk]

October 21, 2017

POW!WOW! DC

by Martin Swift

Since earning his BFA in Painting from Carnegie Mellon five years ago Martin Swift has focused on “contemporary figurative realism and absurdist narrative”—crafting work “punctuated by diverse visual cues and cultural imagery” and trusting the viewer to create their own context and meaning. Swift had never before translated his work to mural scale when given an opportunity to paint this piece for Pow!Wow! DC, and says “I didn’t have a clue what I was doing when I started.” Clearly he figured it out pretty quickly, and I suspect this won’t be his last mural. If you get to Washington DC be sure to look for this work along the Metropolitan Branch Trail, just north of where it runs under New York Ave NE.  @mrtnswft  @powwowdc

[lamolinastreetart]

Art by American Martin Swift (@mrtnswft) in Washington DC, USA (2021) #martinswift #mrtnswft #washingtonstreetart #streetart #lamolinastreetart 📷 via artist bit.ly/3NFAjRA (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeJ7eG_rF6p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=