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Clare E Rojas, Single Girl, Married Girl, 2007 |
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67. SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL BY THE CARTER FAMILY, 1927 REMIX: CLARE E ROJAS, SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL, 2007 ‘Single Girl, Married Girl’ was recorded during The Carter Family’s first recording session by Maybelle, A.P. and Sara Carter and released in 1928. The song harshly compares the freedom of the single girl “she’s gone anywhere she please” with the married girl who “rocks the cradle and cries.” Rojas’ work presents these two girls; the single girl is celebratory and the married girl has the baby on her knees. The work offers a new narrative to the story, by introducing a bird to symbolise the single girl's freedom and the married girl has an additional man on her knees to rock. Rojas’ work often depicts women as the protector of a natural world that has been exploited and undermined, and echoes the formal qualities of American folk art. San Francisco based artist Clare E. Rojas has recently had several solo exhibitions including The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Deitch Projects, New York and Modern Art, London. Under the name of Peggy Honeywell, Rojas is an established recording artist and has released five albums. www.stuartshavemodernart.com |
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