RDV #60: Guided tour of the exhibition ‘Under the Same Moon’ by Eileen Cooper at Letitia Art Gallery
RDV #60: Guided tour of the exhibition ‘Under the Same Moon’ by Eileen Cooper at Letitia Art Gallery
Agenda Culturel is organizing a guided tour of the exhibition ‘Under the Same Moon’ by Eileen Cooper at Letitia Art Gallery. The tour will be led by the artist. Don’t miss it!
The exhibition ‘Under the Same Moon’ showcases a series of new and existing canvases and print works by British artist Eileen Cooper.
Cooper drew inspiration for her new works from her perception of Beirut’s position as a safe harbor and Lebanon’s history as a country with a depth of cultural heritage and rich natural beauty. Her canvases offer an exploration of Lebanese myths amidst a landscape bathed in the diffused light of the warm, visceral Middle Eastern sun.
When Eileen Cooper visited Lebanon, she was inspired by the lofty cedars. An artist whose work has long drawn on the symbolism of and mythology associated with trees, she was struck by their beauty, size, and stability.
These new works sit in conversation with a selection of Cooper’s existing works that showcase her legacy as a magic realist artist exploring the transformative nature of a single moment. Her work comes from an unapologetically female perspective, resulting in work that is simultaneously bold and tender.
Born in England in 1953, Eileen Cooper graduated in 1977 from the Royal College of Art following studies at Ashton-under-Lyne College of Further Education, and Goldsmiths College. She was elected a Royal Academician in 2001 and, a few years later, was appointed as the Head of Printmaking in the Royal Academy Schools. In 2011, she became Keeper of the Royal Academy (the first woman elected to the position since the RA began in 1768), a post she held until summer 2017, with full responsibility for the Royal Academy Schools.
She curated the Royal Academy’s annual Summer Exhibition 2017, a salon-style open exhibition, this time with a focus on the international, and has taught part-time as a visiting artist and educator in numerous institutions including St Martins School of Art, Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools.
Date: Tuesday 20 march 2018 at 6.00 pm
Place: Letitia Art Gallery, Tour de Saroula, Hamra, Tel: (01) 353222
Infos: (01) 369242 ; visites@agendaculturel.com
Language: English
Duration: 1 hour
(Photo: Detail, Eileen Cooper, ‘Forest’, 2017, Charcoal and pastel on paper, 76.5 × 113 cm)