Thanks Hank
Danny Mangold, "Thanks Hank", 2012, Working guitar + mixed media from Montana rodeos, 43.5" x 24" x 9.5"
Danny Mangold, "Thanks Hank", 2012, Working guitar and mixed media from Montana rodeos, 43.5" x 24" x 9.5" (Close Up)
Danny Mangold, "Thanks Hank", 2012, Working guitar and mixed media from Montana rodeos, 43.5" x 24" x 9.5" (Back)
Danny Mangold, "Thanks Hank", 2012, Working guitar and mixed media from Montana rodeos, 43.5" x 24" x 9.5" (Close Up)
Danny Mangold, "Thanks Hank", 2012, Working guitar and mixed media from Montana rodeos, 43.5" x 24" x 9.5" (Close Up)
Clarksdale Fiddles
[CLARKSDALE FIDDLES STATEMENT] Choices…life always has choices. “here or there?”…“good or evil?”…”up or down”… decisions and consequences… Here are two in the form of the first instrument to make their way to the Mississippi Delta…the violin. All parts on the violins and shrine mount are found objects from in and around the Heart of the Blues Delta in Mississippi.
[SHRINE STATEMENT] By far the most
fun and challenging of this Blues Violin project is the center shrine. I drew
inspiration from the various prayer shrines found in homes as diverse as
Christian, Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu. Found on the shrine are original
postcards from Clarksdale in the 1940’s, a letter from a Department store in
Downtown Clarksdale, my hotel key from the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, a
faded red flower from Robert Johnson’s grave site, the Virgin Mary statue from a
Second hand store in front of a 1940’s Zenith Wavemagnet antenna washed up un
the shore of the Sunflower River. The rusty shaped mount on the bottom is part
of a rain barrel strap near the Hopsen Plantation near the Crossroads of Highway
61.
["EL
DIABLO" STATEMENT]
1.
It
is a 100 year old Strad copy violin made of spruce and maple finished in red
lacquer mixed with Cotton field dirt.
2.
The
hardware parts are all made of nickel and have been aged/rusted/distressed.
3.
The
items affixed to the body and neck include:
a.
A
tailpiece made from an old shoe horn
b.
Shoulder
rest from a paint can label
c.
Small
letters with Robert Johnson’s inscription from a variety store in Greenwood,
Ms.
d.
Playing
cards left in my Hotel room in Clarksdale, Ms.
e.
The
patch of El Diablo himself from a jacket in a thrift store. The Devil is
sneaky…he’s peaking from behind the fingerboard.
f.
The
faded red rose and guitar pick were found a few feet from Robert Johnson’s
final resting place in Money, Ms.
g.
The
fingerboard is covered in a map of the Mississippi River.
h.
Side
binding made from one of the pairs of jeans I wore on the “pilgrimage”
["SACRED SOUL" STATEMENT]
1.
It
is a newer Strad copy violin made of spruce and maple finished in lacquer and
mixed with Cotton field dirt.
2.
The
hardware parts are all made of nickel and brass and have been
aged/rusted/distressed.
3.
The
items affixed to the body and neck include:
a.
A tailpiece made from an old found license
plate
b.
Old
hotel skeleton keys found in a junk store in Yazoo City, Ms.
c.
Small
letters with the Bibles verse about music from a variety store in Greenwood,
Ms.
d.
Icons
of Jesus and the Virgin Mary and crosses found in Indianola, Ms.
e.
The
fingerboard is covered in a map of the Mississippi River.
f.
Rusty
wire and screws found in an abandoned shack in Stovall, Ms.
g.
Back
and sides laminated in vinyl auto upholstery.
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