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David Sherry, The Lone Star Trail, 2007 |
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83. THE LONE STAR TRAIL BY KEN MAYNARD, 1930 REMIX: DAVID SHERRY, THE LONE STAR TRAIL, 2007 Known as "America's Favorite Cowboy", Ken Maynard was the first movie singing cowboy– starring in over 300 films. With experience as a cowboy, rodeo, circus performer and stuntman, he specialised in rope tricks and trick riding. ‘Lone Star Trail’ was the most popular of all his recorded songs and came from the 1929 film ‘The Wagon Master’. Sherry recreates an image of the Texan whose wild cowboy life is described in the song as all lasso, prairie and stampede. Sherry’s figure is a study of underplay, deadpan as he trots awkwardly on a pony through a rural scene. Instead of a modern day recreation of the lone ranger, our new hero wears a t-shirt, jeans and trainers, eyes firmly fixed ahead. Sherry specifically travelled to Ireland to take the photograph “and found this man called Iain Sherry who wasn’t against me using his horse called ‘Wild Teddy.” Based in Glasgow, Sherry’s drawings, performances and films have been exhibited across Europe and America, most recently at Catalyst Arts in Belfast, Villa Concordia in Germany and Jack Hanley in San Francisco. In 2003, Sherry represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale and was shortlisted for Beck’s Futures. www.dave-sherry.com |
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