Exhibition

Dappled Light

12 Mar 2022 – 13 Mar 2022

Regular hours

Sat, 12 Mar
10:00 – 16:00
Sun, 13 Mar
10:00 – 16:00

Free admission

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Woodgreen Village Hall

New Forest District
England, United Kingdom

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Dappled Light is a More Than Ponies exhibition that brings together diverse contemporary artists within the context of the Woodgreen Village Hall and its striking figurative murals, originally painted in the 1930s.

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Dappled Light is an exhibition that brings together diverse contemporary artists within the context of the Woodgreen Village Hall and its striking figurative murals, originally painted in the 1930s. The artists use an array of materials and mediums, including sculptures, ceramics, textiles, hair, drawings and videos, bringing in fresh perspectives to this now historic but still ‘modern’ context. The artists’ imagery and ideas are kaleidoscopic, like the dappled light of the New Forest. Each work brings with it a new way of thinking and seeing, creating unexpected connections between the village hall, the New Forest and the world beyond.

** Exhibiting artists are: Rachael Champion, Simon Lee Dicker, Alexa de Ferranti, Laura Eldret, Paul Finnegan, Louise Hall, Annabel Pettigrew, Paul Vivian and urban design/ ex-artist Jennie Savage **

More Than Ponies (MTP) public programme launched in 2020 as a contemporary art not-for-profit that seeks to reimagine and reanimate the New Forest area. Following two years of largely online activities, this is the first ‘real life’ MTP group exhibition. The Woodgreen Village Hall murals were painted in the 1930s by graduates from the Royal College of Art; the site has been chosen by MTP for its focus on people, place and the sheer potential of imagination within a rural setting.

This exhibition also marks the launch of the book Art and the Rural Imagination, published by MTP.  Art and the Rural Imagination features writing by key academics and artists, and explores how contemporary art can help to reimagine the rural as a site of contemporary thought and experience. It reflects on a diversity of issues, from post-pandemic landscapes to farming, tourism, sustainability, productivity, as well as issues of gender, sexuality and decolonisation. 

(If you are planning a day trip to the forest we highly recommend including a visit to Rhinefield Drive and experience MTP commissions by  Bedwyr Williams and Tai Shani)

image: © Paul Finnegan 2020

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Rachael Champion

Simon Lee Dicker

Simon Lee Dicker

Alexa de Ferranti

Paul Finnegan

Laura Eldret

Louise Hall

Annabel Pettigrew

paul vivian

Jennie Savage

Benjamin Deakin

Taking part

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