Cover Version: "Natty
Dread Version"
| Title: |
"Natty
Dread Version" |
| Medium: |
Silhouette
cut-out on 12" record sleeve. Cut by
hand using a scalpel. |
| Dimensions: |
12 inch x
12 inch |
| Date: |
May 2008 |
| Comments: |
This piece is
part of a series of "Cover
Versions" (see
below) created for an exhibition
(Nottingham, View
From The Top gallery, 14th-31st
May 2008) of the same name:
In the true spirit of “cover
versions”, dub music originally
evolved out of reggae, when the latter
was cut into fragments and re-forged in
rhythmic patterns. Similarly, I have
created these “cover versions"
of some favourite reggae and dub albums
by carving out silhouette-style cut-out
forms, using a scalpel, to suggest
echoing layers of superimposed imagery.
The silhouette elements partly leap out
into three dimensions from the
two-dimensional "canvas" of the
vinyl record cover.
Natty Dread Version explores
the Rastafarian symbolism of dreadlocks as gnarled (i.e.
“knotty” or “natty”) roots, linking us back to the
firey energies of mother earth,
represented here by the shimmering red
undertone. The dreadlocks may also be
interpreted as the mane of the Lion
of Judah,
another powerful biblical symbol of
courage and defiance. This piece is also
inspired by the ancient iconographic
tradition of the Green
Man.
Currently
on show in Nottingham. Exhibition price:
£95. Prints also available. Please contact me for further
details.
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Detailed
view of three-dimensional 'pop-out' effect of the
silhouette cutting:
Original album cover by Tony
Wright:
Other
"Cover Versions":
Other work on a similar or related theme:
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