Idelle Weber
Swingers, 1960
Hand-cut plastic, silver mylar, silver paper and color-aid paper
64.8 x 52.7 cm
25 1/2 x 20 3/4 in
25 1/2 x 20 3/4 in
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Swingers (1960) is a collage in black, pale pink, and silver portraying two figures. In the foreground is an elegant figure in a long dress with their arms in a...
Swingers (1960) is a collage in black, pale pink, and silver portraying two figures. In the foreground is an elegant figure in a long dress with their arms in a stylish pose, and behind, framed by the reflective material, is a pink figure playfully sitting on a swing. The work suggests the Art Deco glamour of speakeasy bars in 1920s New York, an era of Prohibition where nightlife went underground and different communities mixed. The image could well have been inspired by later jazz clubs of the 1950s and '60s and Weber's time in New York, where she relocated in 1957. The figures could be the same person at different times of day, or a couple, or complete strangers.
