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Hamilton Richard, *1922 (London) Lives in New York, works with painting, collage and prints Swingeing London 67,1968-69 Screenprint and collage, 70 x 95 cm © 2007, Pro Litteris, Zurich "If the artist is not to lose much of his ancient purpose, he may have to plunder the popular arts to recover the imagery which is his rightful inheritance." That statement, made in 1961, anticipates the artist’s use in the sixties of press photography, which he transfigures through the application of colour. Swingeing London 67 is produced from a newspaper photo showing Mick Jagger and his friend Robert Fraser in handcuffs, having been charged with the possession of drugs. The title is a pun on the swinging London of the 1960s and the judge’s call for a "swingeing" sentence (British term for "extreme and having a serious and unpleasant effect"). |
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Hamilton Richard, *1922 (London) Lives in New York, works with painting, collage and prints Kent State,1970-71 Colour screenprint, 74 x 102 cm © 2007, Pro Litteris, Zurich The source of Richard Hamilton’s Kent State is a still photograph from the television coverage of a student demonstration on the Ohio university campus during which a student was shot to death. The artist produced this work in an especially large edition of 5,000 prints in order to have the image widely disseminated. |
