University of Worcester Review Coughton Court Residency – Dawn Harris
Dawn Harris Artist in Residence at Coughton Court in Warwickshire
Coughton Court Announces First Artist in Residence Dawn Harris
Exhibition: To Love and Protect, 24th November – 2nd December 2012
To Love and Protect explores the identity of the women of Coughton Court through the legacy they left behind. Dawn’s work investigates their identities in relation to others, in relation to a performed role and in relation to the period of history within which they lived.
The face, specifically the eyes are central in these works, the faces are taken directly from their portraits hung within the house and stripped of the adorning paraphernalia chosen by the portrait artist. The faces are then embedded with the experience culminating in a visual representation of the women’s identity within that moment. The exhibition represents Dawn’s artistic response to some of the stories of the women of Coughton who fought for the freedom and safety of their loved ones, the work is also an empathetic response from an artist who shares an understanding of the desire to want to Love and Protect is present within us all.
Dawn Harris
Download Notes to the works: To Love & Protect
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