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Feel by Moira Coupe
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FEEL An exhibition by Moira Coupe 24th September – 30th October 2005 Private view Open daily. Entry Free Holton Lee is situated off the A351 ( next to the Romany Estate) Please call first to avoid disappointment as Faith House is sometimes used for private bookings. Holton Lee, East Holton, Holton Heath. Doret, BH16 6JN. Tel 01202 625562 |
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PRESS RELEASE
“FEEL” an exhibition by Moira Coupe
Moira Coupe will be exhibiting her work for the first time in Dorset when her exhibition ‘Feel’ opens on 24th Sept at Faith House, Holton Lee, Dorset. The exhibition runs until 30th October. The private view is on Saturday 24th September from 11.30 -13.30
Moira Coupe lives and works in Stoke Newington, London. She has been a frequent visitor to Dorset for at least 20 years and feels a strong affinity to the Dorset landscape. In the past Moira has roamed and sketched over many ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, north east of Bridport and Maiden Castle, near Dorchester. She also has many fond memories of the Purbeck Hills, in particular the Range Walks and the area around Worth Matravers.
Moira has had group and solo exhibitions in Japan and London. In 2000 she had an exhibition as part of the Xposure disability festival around London.
She has also had various commissions including artwork for ‘Postal Strike’ a campaign by London Disability Arts Forum to promote disabled artists.
In the past she has taught art in an outdoor education centre, in adult education, in youth clubs, in comprehensive schools and a Sixth Form College.
When she was younger she travelled extensively in America and Mexico where she worked on theatre scenery and painted large murals for several restaurants.
Of her work she writes…
“‘The body, always the body. It began in Dorset. Iron age hill forts, sleeping figures in the land. We had been here before and are here now. The rhythm of walking connecting me to my surroundings. Confirming existence. Confirming the bodiness of bodies.The sublime, the ecstatic, the oceanic. Alive in all the senses.
In the studio I relived walking through the experimental directness
of monoprints and etchings. Today I live in the city. I move more slowly. I don’t climb hills any more, instead I observe cultivated, and escaped nature.
Above and below ground. Growth and decay. But still the body dominates. The rhythm of walking replaced with making marks. I touch. I feel. In paint and pastel I scratch, scribble, stitch. Hide and reveal the surface. A playful dance of order and chaos across the paper. The body here and not-here.
This is my story. All the pain and all the pleasure…
“Feel”
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