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Idelle WeberMurex, black and white pop art pastel, semi-abstract silhouette, 19961996
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Enlarged, abstracted, and decontextualized, Weber transforms a delicate seashell into a sublime icon. The black silhouette of the shell is a callback to her Pop period, though softened by her use of pastel. This is the first piece from a major body of work inspired by shore walks in South Melbourne, Australia.
''Murex,'' a spiny menace with a long rat's tail, gets its devilish due in black silhouette lightly touched with white. - Grace Glueck, The New York Times, 1996
Idelle Weber is best known for her silhouette painting resembling the visual language of advertisements, which linked her with Pop art. Her work captures outlines of figures—such as businessmen, secretaries, and travelers engaged in mundane, everyday activities—against colorful flat or patterned backgrounds. The silhouette renders the figures anonymous, making them archetypes of the capitalist system, suggesting standardization and lack of individuality. Late in her career, Weber shifted towards Photorealistic landscapes and outdoor still lifes of trash, carts, rocks, and other urban detritus.
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