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| Fostering Legacy, mixed media 26 "x 20" | |
Dawn Harris
To Love and Protect
24th November – 2nd
December 2012
‘To Love and Protect’ explores the identity of the women of the 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 as
is present within us all.
