Swingeing London 67
Richard Hamilton British
Publisher ED 912 British (?)
Printer Sergio Tosi Italian
Not on view
Hamilton’s art dealer, Robert Fraser, and members of the rock group the Rolling Stones were arrested in 1967 by the London police for drug possession. The following year, Hamilton published several prints about the press coverage of the events. Swingeing London 67 is an assemblage of clippings compiled by Fraser’s gallery and laid out to mimic the composition of a page of newsprint. He selected headlines that focused on trivial details, such as the men’s meals, cars, and clothing, rather than on the court proceedings and sentences. Pieces of wrapping paper from an incense packet that appear between the cuttings reference the incense sticks that authorities encountered during their raid and alleged were meant to disguise the smell of cannabis.
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