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OLD LADY AND THE DEVIL BY BILL AND BELLE REED, 1928 REMIX: JAD FAIR, OLD LADY AND THE DEVIL, 2007 This paper cut by Jad Fair illustrates the track, showing the devil taking the old lady away from her family and up to the gates of hell. She is a heavy load for him, making him look like "a fella with a hump on his back." After this scene the ballad goes on to tell us how the medieval woman defeats the devil by taking a hatchet to his brain "now you can see what a woman can do, she can outdo the devil and the old man too". The work is made up of simple shapes characteristic of Fair's huge body of paper cut works, which often feature recurring totemic and primitive motifs. Jad Fair is the singer and guitarist of the band Half Japanese. He has worked with numerous musicians including, Daniel Johnston, Yo La Tengo and Teenage Fanclub. As a visual artist Jad Fair specialises in papercutting, which, like his music, deals with simple forms, shapes, density and volume. www.jadfair.org |
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