tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786134444439899542024-02-18T23:49:17.476-08:00Matthew Couper StudioMATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.comBlogger764125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-51147359874226327192016-01-17T15:47:00.001-08:002016-01-17T15:47:23.308-08:00DOMINGO, LOS DIECISIETE DE ENERO VEINTE-DIECISEIS<br />
A new collaborative work between myself and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoRussArtsJournal/" target="_blank">JK Russ</a> titled 'The Release', 2016, collage and oil on metal, 14” x 11”. We usually start with a regular-sized piece of aluminum that I commonly work on, I'll paint a standard backdrop in oil, then hand it over to JK Russ and she finds collage elements to place on the backdrop. After JK has finished, we talk about the images, configuration of forms and placement then talk about what is the best way to complete the work in oil paint. The best works or examples are the one that find a perfect conflation of our ideas and signifiers.<br />
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<br />MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-59287175365991871952013-01-28T09:03:00.001-08:002013-01-28T09:03:06.856-08:00<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><br />...writing
lists, working on initial sketches and drawings, priming canvases and
pieces of metal so that I can tap the muse as long as she stays around.
I've got a feeling it will not be for long, but at least I can stockpile
all the info so I can use it over the next couple of years. There's
some great new ideas and paintings coming out of this new mix (painting
below is an old work from 2007 about dealing with muses)</span></span></span><br />
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MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-89970315191745664272012-10-24T19:44:00.001-07:002012-10-24T19:45:30.652-07:00New Publication 'Thirty-Three'<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">My
new publication 'Thirty-Three' is now available for purchase in New
Zealand. They are $33 each, plus $6 for postage and handling within New
Zealand. The catalogue features full colour reproductions of the group
of paintings now on tour around New Zealand and an essay about the work
by anthropologist Dr Peter J Howland. Please <a href="mailto:info@mattcouper.com?subject=33%20Catalogue" target="_blank">email me</a> for more
details!</span></span><br />
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<br />MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-6262324040157886822012-10-17T23:31:00.002-07:002012-10-17T23:32:37.080-07:00JUEVES, EL DIECEOCHO DE OCTUBRE, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New article by Kristine Walsh in the Gisborne Herald newspaper for my upcoming exhibition 'The Whaling and Naching of Teeth': <a href="http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=29897">http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=29897</a></span></span><br />
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<br />MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-6675584853782319882012-10-06T15:27:00.000-07:002012-10-17T23:32:15.709-07:00DOMINGO, EL SIETE DE OCTOBRE, VEINTE DOCE<br />
Recent published articles on my work over the last couple of months:<br />
Fran Dibble, '<u><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/arts-on-friday/7744132/Palette-of-painters" target="_blank">Palette of Painters', </a></u>Manawatu Standard, Palmerston North, NZ, 2 October, 2012<br />
Unknown, '<a href="http://www.artcollector.net.au/MatthewCouperandJKRussFirmamentation?searchTerms[0]=smallworks" target="_blank">Matthew Couper and JK Russ: Firmamentation</a>', Australian Art Collector, 2 October, 2012<br />
Scott Dickensheets,<a href="http://issuu.com/nvpr/docs/desert_companion_2012oct/26" target="_blank"> 'We Chose You', Desert</a> Companion, Las Vegas, October Issue, 2012<br />
Anthony Behrens, '<a href="http://www.swampthing.co.nz/article/70/" target="_blank">Hidden Talent</a>', SwampThing Magazine, 20 September, 2012 (PDF)<br />
Checko Salgado, '<a href="http://www.artsvegas.com/art/matthew-couper-skins-teeth-review/" target="_blank">Matthew Couper: Skins & Teeth Review</a>', Arts Vegas, 15 September, 2012<br />
Jenessa Kenway,<a href="http://lasvegascitylife.com/blog/culture-alert/thick-it-matthew-coupers-skins-and-teeth.html" target="_blank"> 'In The Thick Of It: Matthew Couper's Skins & Teeth',</a> Las Vegas Citylife, 14 September, 2012<br />
Brian Paco Alvarez,<a href="http://lvartsandculture.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/new-zealand-artsit-matthew-couper.html" target="_blank"> 'Las Vegas Based Artist For Export', Las</a> Vegas Arts & Culture, 12 September, 2012<br />
Scott Dickensheets, <a href="http://lasvegascitylife.com/blog/culture-alert/do-thursday-matthew-coupers-skins-teeth.html" target="_blank">'To Do Thursday: Matthew Couper's Skins & Teeth', Las</a> Vegas Citylife, 12 September, 2012<br />
Eric Minh Swenson, 'I<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-minh-swenson/tim-bavington-ed-ruscha_b_1807444.html" target="_blank">s Tim Bavington the Ed Ruscha of Las Vegas?'</a>, Huffington Post, 22 August, 2012<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times;">MATTHEW COUPER & ALIOS PRESENT:</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times;">A ONE-NIGHT PREVIEW AND PUBLICATION LAUNCH</span></strong></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ALIOS, 1217 S. Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89104, USA<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Downtown Las Vegas-based
artist Matthew Couper will be presenting new artworks at ALIOS before traveling
to Australia, New Zealand and Spain for upcoming solo and group exhibitions. The
‘one-night only preview’ will present 14 unstretched oil paintings on canvas, <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a similar number of
corresponding incised scrimshaw teeth and a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biombo</i>
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The title of the preview references the hanging, distressed canvases that
Couper sends unstretched for ease of transportation to various galleries that
represent his art. The teeth refer to the scrimshandered whales’ teeth which
feature similar symbolism to the large paintings. Couper continues his anachronistic
adaptation of Spanish Colonial painting to present issues of survival as an
artist, art as historical currency and reactions to his new home of Las Vegas.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I’ve been wanting to present the paintings and scrimshaw teeth to
friends and interested parties in Las Vegas because the primary motivation for
the works now come from here in Las Vegas and the machinations of the Strip - this
amazing humanist construct in the middle of a harsh, arid desert. These new
paintings provide a conduit between my status as a ‘new arrival’ and my
dissection of Las Vegas as an unique place to make art” </i>says Couper.</div>
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Viewers familiar with Couper’s art practice will be able to see corresponding
paintings and scrimshaw <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">en masse </i>relating
to recent performances such as the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">2012
London Biennale in Nevada </i>and paintings exhibited at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Contemporary Arts Center, Winchester
Cultural Center, Blackbird</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Studios,</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ATM </i>in Las Vegas, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pop Up Art House</i> in Henderson. </div>
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Because the artworks in
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purchase. The full-color, 80-page catalog accompanies his current traveling
exhibition in New Zealand, with an essay by anthropologist and author Dr. Peter
J. Howland.</div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times;">CONTACT:</span></strong><br />
<span class="kjh">Matthew Couper, info@mattcouper.com. Phone: (510) 936-4052</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times;">CALENDAR EDITORS:</span></strong><br />
Date: 9/13/12<br />
Time: 6:00PM-9:00PM<br />
What: <strong><span style="font-family: Times;">‘</span></strong><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">SKINS & TEETH’ -a one-night preview and
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Tickets: Free, publication ‘Thirty-Three’ available for purchase</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Film by Eric Minh Swenson. Music by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mountaineater-1" target="_blank">Mountaineater</a><br /><br />Los Angeles
filmmaker Eric Minh Swenson traveled to Las Vegas to visit New
Zealand-born artist Matthew Couper, who recently immigrated to the USA.<br /><br />In
his apartment in Las Vegas, Couper's collection of religious Spanish
Colonial paintings from Mexico provide a rich cache of narrative and
allegory that inform the artist's reactions to his new and unique
environment. Over the past two years, Couper's paintings have collected
and collated visual and psychological symbols of Las Vegas, culminating
in a hybridized form which Huffington Post art writer John Seed suggests
is 'a pagan Catholic Cirque du Soleil', accentuating the artist's
'Kafkaesque view of the world'<br /><br />For more info on Eric Minh Swenson or project inquiries visit his website <a href="http://www.thuvanarts.com/take1">www.thuvanarts.com/take1</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-30418383663291682022012-08-08T19:42:00.003-07:002012-08-08T19:44:44.157-07:00MIERCOLES, EL OCHO DE AGOSTO, VEINTE DOCE<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="messageBody">My painting 'The Harbinger' has been selected as a finalist in the 21st Annual Wallace Art Awards 2012.<br /><a href="http://www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/wallace-art-awards/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow"><span>http://</span><wbr><span>www.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/</span><wbr>wallace-art-awards/</a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="hasCaption">'The Harbinger'<br />Matthew Couper<br />2012<br />oil on loose canvas<br />62" x 30"</span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U4BLLB87aN1C0kTYqERx107sgUp1pILyVoxiJ4IUh0ZFZ1btcaUpAbv9RUKh3nQ0a_XALCE0k7BGneeoHSztLbSHm7SPvye7SAYjitucsT8QvV29Om7YsIu0M9IVLtV-bkUgk-QBvMEm/s1600/249193_420426981323142_1852563196_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-U4BLLB87aN1C0kTYqERx107sgUp1pILyVoxiJ4IUh0ZFZ1btcaUpAbv9RUKh3nQ0a_XALCE0k7BGneeoHSztLbSHm7SPvye7SAYjitucsT8QvV29Om7YsIu0M9IVLtV-bkUgk-QBvMEm/s400/249193_420426981323142_1852563196_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774498472792985218" border="0" /></a></p>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-7709904727175316772012-08-08T19:36:00.003-07:002012-08-08T19:41:12.139-07:00JUEVES, EL DOS DE AGOSTO DE VENTE DOCE<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="hasCaption">Just before disassembling my props today, I thought I'd get a photo of my 'Polemical Alchemy' set-up in reference to an 1895 photograph of James Ensor in his studio:<br /><br /></span> ".<i>..The polemical assertion of the act of painting as a subject of aesthetics is more interesting than formalities of visual representation manifested by painting. We live in a digital age, where we could easily create graphics and visual aids through computer software and hardware yet the persistence of painting is still a mystery or perhaps an alchemy. Like James Ensor's paintings of death skulls/bones come to life or Matthew Couper's paintings about turning shit into gold, the alchemical power of the very act of painting is undeniable - transforming material entity into a metaphysical state...</i>" - Jevijoe Vitug</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-XMvLiq8LrrFRIgcvW6z2FzPThuMaB2k75bLbttaj7WORUX3-SiPrwcR-hBLk9pHvtuWCLDUtIXguTT4VaolLXTUwEp3-TNiJ5a0yBYXx6TfrIuv1uHGyfVsYlU7TOcTImTtWNy1he7u/s1600/256393_446489165383590_1570268941_o.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-XMvLiq8LrrFRIgcvW6z2FzPThuMaB2k75bLbttaj7WORUX3-SiPrwcR-hBLk9pHvtuWCLDUtIXguTT4VaolLXTUwEp3-TNiJ5a0yBYXx6TfrIuv1uHGyfVsYlU7TOcTImTtWNy1he7u/s400/256393_446489165383590_1570268941_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774497569010181618" border="0" /></a><br /><span jsid="text" class="commentBody"><div id="id_502320b10913f3339231269" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"></div></span><span jsid="text" class="commentBody"></span>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-41044549762230142272012-08-08T19:31:00.001-07:002012-08-08T19:35:33.362-07:00MIERCOLES, EL VEINTICINCO DE JULIO, VEINTE DOCE<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Two photographs of 'Polemical Alchemy' at the 2012 London Biennale in Nevada performances at Pop Up Art House, 21st of July 2012. Photographs by Frankie Henriquez.<br /></span><div class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" tabindex="0" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="hasCaption"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.londonbiennale.tk&h=NAQHij36W&s=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow">www.londonbiennale.tk</a><br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4f0e7QfGWHwBOXd4cJMUC4PEOdDQ_FefK1V5hJjurbATBdPUWqrOz4DPPb3ixR-HSYzNf4DOFM6ABFAbmVKbqCcnr2buT-leH_kBVESU-jzZO4QPryD7ogOJgTsAMVTnA3TxX2NHAyDJ/s1600/488165_449492575083249_1819625824_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4f0e7QfGWHwBOXd4cJMUC4PEOdDQ_FefK1V5hJjurbATBdPUWqrOz4DPPb3ixR-HSYzNf4DOFM6ABFAbmVKbqCcnr2buT-leH_kBVESU-jzZO4QPryD7ogOJgTsAMVTnA3TxX2NHAyDJ/s400/488165_449492575083249_1819625824_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774496059532084962" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxV0g_m9U95BW7eIqFUS-Tmyl3UR8eM5kfZxDS_2nYNL7EowpxtvP902ayE8J4UNo0jaClt-ljmYiP-MAcwv1PGjKm86jxbJMkMcQODZ21XxDfQvP2dUGZnc2xJ2_p-AANqGBtNW4n3F5/s1600/580786_446482062050967_1084589103_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxV0g_m9U95BW7eIqFUS-Tmyl3UR8eM5kfZxDS_2nYNL7EowpxtvP902ayE8J4UNo0jaClt-ljmYiP-MAcwv1PGjKm86jxbJMkMcQODZ21XxDfQvP2dUGZnc2xJ2_p-AANqGBtNW4n3F5/s400/580786_446482062050967_1084589103_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774496067900588018" border="0" /></a></div>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-2790090768122234292012-07-14T07:56:00.002-07:002012-07-14T08:04:22.711-07:00SABATO, EL CATORCE DE JULIO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-family:georgia;">2012 LONDON BIENNALE IN NEVADA<br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" >It's now only a week before the performances for the 2012 London Biennale in Nevada take place at Pop Up Art House in Henderson/Las Vegas. Please visit the website here and check out all the details: <a href="http://www.londonbiennale.tk/">http://www.londonbiennale.tk</a><br />or you can download the press release here: </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a class="attribute-value">http://londonbiennale.mattcouper.com/press/OFFICIAL_London_Biennale_Nevada_2012_Press_Release.pdf</a></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PRXUnm30uW_OG9nFdLVHmxt40tWdWHlAznLg-hkSq08v6cgSY8sWIlyTu5GId051spNnU-MU5b1KHyaVvwvlQopqSLVJVD3MpdV8ou31-ex8iU37kAWqSxExD8HtB-GTyItBcqhqE9XQ/s1600/bienfb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PRXUnm30uW_OG9nFdLVHmxt40tWdWHlAznLg-hkSq08v6cgSY8sWIlyTu5GId051spNnU-MU5b1KHyaVvwvlQopqSLVJVD3MpdV8ou31-ex8iU37kAWqSxExD8HtB-GTyItBcqhqE9XQ/s400/bienfb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765041066455441410" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: georgia;">MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-26089702813882640752012-07-14T07:47:00.003-07:002012-07-14T07:55:28.572-07:00JUEVES, EL DOCE DE JULIO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" >Thirty-Three at Te Manawa, Palmerston North:<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" >My touring exhibition '<a href="http://www.mattcouper.com/thirtythree.html">Thirty-Three</a>' opens this Saturday at <a href="http://www.temanawa.co.nz/">Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science & History</a> in Palmerston North, New Zealand. This is the second venue of a three-year tour of the exhibition around New Zealand. The publication for the exhibition will be available by the end of the month and I will be back in New Zealand for an artist floor talk in October.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><em><a href="http://www.mattcouper.com/thirtythree.html" target="_blank">Thirty-Three</a>, (touring exhibition)</em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.temanawa.co.nz/future-exhibitions,listing,124,thirty-three-matthew-couper.html" target="_blank">Te Manawa</a>, 326 Main Street, Palmerston North, NZ,<br />14 July - 21 October 2012</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKa-aOW3Lf4PHpH0V12as6ly-VaGVzH47Z2YhlAzUEpONiYC95jhZvESzPu3pamEBm2KJEx-Z4l1s3IWmGkFALxHABxcHTbD9dRxJ5E9gpJfG2N7tgViuoLQxtXbSV__0CAuZ_327TuEwq/s1600/552200_495028373846022_354588933_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKa-aOW3Lf4PHpH0V12as6ly-VaGVzH47Z2YhlAzUEpONiYC95jhZvESzPu3pamEBm2KJEx-Z4l1s3IWmGkFALxHABxcHTbD9dRxJ5E9gpJfG2N7tgViuoLQxtXbSV__0CAuZ_327TuEwq/s400/552200_495028373846022_354588933_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765038573832789826" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-4914417588366272222012-07-01T14:23:00.001-07:002012-07-01T14:25:23.319-07:00DOMINGO, EL UNO DE JULIO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A Colby-inspired poster:</span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4_wlZe3kcxv4t1HcWW8NREpM7MqzyELdCEflm7PKRJhtN0cEZQOuPNAUyjyxXpcDQhWbq2tCKwM2mJMfjw_0jqzT_8QILg5_Ge9s1_uxFvLSXc80hLD4fJNDPv6FyWtv-5JlbcYosrpF/s1600/colby.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4_wlZe3kcxv4t1HcWW8NREpM7MqzyELdCEflm7PKRJhtN0cEZQOuPNAUyjyxXpcDQhWbq2tCKwM2mJMfjw_0jqzT_8QILg5_Ge9s1_uxFvLSXc80hLD4fJNDPv6FyWtv-5JlbcYosrpF/s400/colby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760315121716396338" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-86109657213630703412012-06-22T09:23:00.004-07:002012-06-22T09:33:43.416-07:00VIERNES, EL VIENTI DOS DE JUNIO, VEINTI DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhput4l791CpJ0qDcnFHGr56LiyfcJo8qq1SscYQJ0YpcigkYVM3DbhutY5hlRUdXQ1OAd8bGK-qX0r6EM72TBTiynwuhM7qNU54NFGeT2UNXmOekiyC0f-P3JbSd3pNyj703PVzu31SSAs/s1600/London+Biennale+Nevada+NEW+LOGO+small+.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; 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font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style=" mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family:georgia;"><span style=" mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;font-size:85%;color:black;" >Performance: <u>Saturday, July 21</u>, 7:00PM<br />Pop Up Art House, 730 W. Sunset, Henderson</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family:georgia;"><span style=" ;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><a href="http://www.thepopuparthouse.com/">http://www.thepopuparthouse.com</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family:georgia;"><span style=" mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;font-size:85%;color:black;" >Exhibition: <u>September 6-29</u><br />Contemporary Arts Center, 107 E. Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family:georgia;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><a href="http://lasvegascac.org/">http://lasvegascac.org/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family:georgia;"><span style=" ;font-size:85%;color:black;" ><a href="http://lasvegascac.org/"><br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family:georgia;"><span style=" ;font-size:85%;color:black;" >Seven Las Vegas and Henderson-based artists will take part in the second London Biennale in Nevada satellite event presenting performances inspired by the colors of the rainbow at the Pop Up Art House in Henderson on <u>Saturday, July 21</u> at 7:00PM.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This year’s participation in the London Biennale will extend beyond the one-night-only performance event, Rainbow: 7 Colors 7 Artists, with an exhibition of the documentation behind and of the performances at the Contemporary Arts Center in Las Vegas <u>September 6 through 29</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The artists are: Noelle Garcia (red), Eri King (orange), Jevijoe Vitug (yellow), Matthew Couper (green), J K Russ with MzMina Khan (blue), Darren Johnson (indigo) and Brent Holmes (violet).</span></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br style="font-family: georgia;"></span> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-unhide:no; color:#0066CC; mso-text-animation:none; text-decoration:none; text-underline:none; text-decoration:none; text-line-through:none;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-26360458071723916902012-06-09T10:30:00.003-07:002012-06-09T10:40:25.664-07:00SABATO, EL NUEVE DE JUNIO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.420761801289660.101978.203677336331442&type=1">Three new works</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> in </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="https://www.facebook.com/AtmPopUp">'ATM' at Creative Space</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">, 1421 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas, NV, USA. 1 June - 31 July, 2012.</span><br style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="hasCaption"><br />left to right: <span style="font-style: italic;">'Sevil', 'Federal Indulgences' and 'Thompson & Thompson and Thomson'</span>, all 2012,<br />ink, acrylic, graphite, wax and ribbon on Bristol paper, 12" x 9" (frame: 15" x 12"), USD360.00 each:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhCbXyH1Z2ZLI19zUAoCy0v3q90cRESbur4s2_b1e-yLQseDsAha3u1Xbqpo6JBBcn5ziHqvlfi4oIY423re1Qrnhd3VPca_HbmTknZVQpyQYPPlQSfJ2udPAzWzEvRfo6xIztdP06JlS/s1600/198261_229081367210456_1284736836_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhCbXyH1Z2ZLI19zUAoCy0v3q90cRESbur4s2_b1e-yLQseDsAha3u1Xbqpo6JBBcn5ziHqvlfi4oIY423re1Qrnhd3VPca_HbmTknZVQpyQYPPlQSfJ2udPAzWzEvRfo6xIztdP06JlS/s400/198261_229081367210456_1284736836_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752092573754268290" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-3158035033163746442012-05-21T15:00:00.007-07:002012-05-21T15:20:32.674-07:00LUNES, EL VEINTIUNO DE MAYO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>CHARLES KRAFFT & MATTHEW COUPER: GUNS & SKULLS</strong></span> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>May 26-June 23</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>Opening reception: 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, May 26</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <a href="http://www.pgcontemporary.com/">PG Contemporary</a> is pleased to announce Guns & Skulls, a pairing of artists whose 21st-century takes on two traditional mediums - ex-votos and Delft ceramic painting - offer sly new perspectives on the timeless themes of violence and death.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Dubbed "the dark angel of Seattle art" by critic Regina Hackett, <a href="http://www.antiquesatoz.com/artatoz/krafft/">Charles Krafft</a> makes his second appearance at PG Contemporary, having shown human bone china reliquaries in the 2011 three-person exhibition Memento Mori.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> For Guns & Skulls, Krafft returns to the gallery with porcelain firearms wittily embellished using traditional Delft ceramic painting techniques. The results are what Krafft has described as "a purely decorative dialogue on defense and disaster."</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Krafft rebooted a struggling career as "the oldest promising young artist in the Pacific Northwest" in 1991, joining a women's china-painting guild and launching his internationally exhibited and acclaimed <span>Disasterware</span><span> series.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> He has had more than three dozen solo exhibitions in Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; London; and Ljubljana, Slovenia, among other cities, and participated in the Venice Biennale in 2003. His work is included in the renowned Garth Clark & Mark Del Vecchio Collection, which the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston acquired in 2007.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> New-Zealand born, Las Vegas-based painter Matthew Couper has been described by art historian John Seed as an "<span>artist with a Kafkaesque view of the world" whose imagery suggests "a pagan Catholic Cirque du Soleil." </span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span> Known for putting a contemporary twist on a style associated with Spanish Baroque colonial art, </span>Couper brings the symbols and narrative vocabulary of ex-votos - small devotional paintings on tin - into dialogue with sources as diverse as African power figures and Russian Suprematism. His work in Guns & Skulls will also include two large-scale paintings.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> "Like any good Johnny Cash, Nick Cave or Pixies song, you've got to have sex, death and religion fueling the fire," Couper has said. He has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand as well as in Los Angeles; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Santa Fe, N.M.; Barcelona; and Hong Kong.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Both artists will attend the opening reception from 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, May 26.</span></p> <p face="georgia" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.pgcontemporary.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">PG Contemporary Gallery</span></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia><span>3227 Milam Street</span></span></p> <p style=" georgia=""><span style="font-size:85%;">Houston, TX 77006</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">713-523-7424</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Contact: Zoya Tommy, director</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Gallery hours: Thursday to Saturday 11am to 6pm or by appointment.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0pxfont-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3pphLPnOXkAwYNR8g-UrKGiQtZexyxwiUrP1cTRWNJJ1hV7212Kpl8djriaSMYyV1txZiffJlrbHH97q4fbQG78t7wJpyO18-BA3bcD3RgK4YvTA1CMhzISvtLaNuKJw2tp8MQeua07H/s1600/krafftcouper.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3pphLPnOXkAwYNR8g-UrKGiQtZexyxwiUrP1cTRWNJJ1hV7212Kpl8djriaSMYyV1txZiffJlrbHH97q4fbQG78t7wJpyO18-BA3bcD3RgK4YvTA1CMhzISvtLaNuKJw2tp8MQeua07H/s400/krafftcouper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5745112015272996290" border="0" /></a></span></p>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-25562974947029213162012-05-17T09:21:00.001-07:002012-05-17T09:23:12.933-07:00JUEVES, EL DIECISIETE DE MAYO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="hasCaption">Kazimir Malevich as Joseph Beuys with a little help from Albrecht Durer:<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU02LtDpS289ZiMpmjjgxrYFS1h51tV63hrUcjMbtY_-hNdrJ1c8es3VZSeXZOWAGGbOfV3CyUjS8xt_188-q_xcG03rVL8RLy5hXmhm0gVpeTBdpONsi4-L9JGhahvj9wN6sLa18hgB9O/s1600/Malevich+beuys+durer.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU02LtDpS289ZiMpmjjgxrYFS1h51tV63hrUcjMbtY_-hNdrJ1c8es3VZSeXZOWAGGbOfV3CyUjS8xt_188-q_xcG03rVL8RLy5hXmhm0gVpeTBdpONsi4-L9JGhahvj9wN6sLa18hgB9O/s400/Malevich+beuys+durer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743538555557806050" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-43863532558323727262012-05-10T08:40:00.003-07:002012-05-10T08:41:52.374-07:00JUEVES, EL DIEZ DE MAYO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Works packed, all ready to be shipped to <a href="http://www.pgcontemporary.com/">PG Contemporary</a> in Houston, Texas.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKuBh0g368Trlkaj40cb2yODzBcqCHNhXx4FA1HISbbNxJ9u7CdyN1lChll28dhE5j0573iTIDqmyiT4ElaHp1ROBcMLv7ZAko-fjE0hKFM_M5wNDDG2MPDwNzwGnxRM2q_VLOJXEkSip/s1600/292653_407302209302286_203677336331442_1256949_354857053_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKuBh0g368Trlkaj40cb2yODzBcqCHNhXx4FA1HISbbNxJ9u7CdyN1lChll28dhE5j0573iTIDqmyiT4ElaHp1ROBcMLv7ZAko-fjE0hKFM_M5wNDDG2MPDwNzwGnxRM2q_VLOJXEkSip/s400/292653_407302209302286_203677336331442_1256949_354857053_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740930079419648434" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-75953836401613868862012-05-10T08:36:00.002-07:002012-05-10T08:39:54.648-07:00MARTES, EL OCHO DE MAYO, VEINTE-DOCE<span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="hasCaption" style="font-family:georgia;">Almost-finished scrimshaw. Final patina is on and I think that they've come out better than I thought. Two of these scrimshaw are heading to Houston for my two-person exhibition with <a href="http://www.antiquesatoz.com/artatoz/krafft/">Charles Krafft</a> at <a href="http://www.pgcontemporary.com/">PG Contemporar</a>y.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD0IpT5XZbgkHwmZGyNbYdtI5tCvToR_wQsfG6EdhWcAO-U0tMB9nKw_QAlhYtU8nCM0Mnu619EkrWuNBFExbhU1VmHd-0YfGoFIe9_NEeDQxXrEqP9Hj3div-YJ_-8b6eq0ykck0Vfy9/s1600/154738_405692566129917_203677336331442_1252457_1019299941_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD0IpT5XZbgkHwmZGyNbYdtI5tCvToR_wQsfG6EdhWcAO-U0tMB9nKw_QAlhYtU8nCM0Mnu619EkrWuNBFExbhU1VmHd-0YfGoFIe9_NEeDQxXrEqP9Hj3div-YJ_-8b6eq0ykck0Vfy9/s400/154738_405692566129917_203677336331442_1252457_1019299941_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740929402701529490" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-34419588813701604172012-05-04T14:05:00.002-07:002012-05-04T14:05:38.348-07:00VIERNES, EL QUATRO DE MAYO, VENINTE-DOCE<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span class="hasCaption">Matthew Couper</span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> 'Contemporary Burdens' (with important figureheads in roundels)</span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> 2012</span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> oil on canvas, pressed-metal frame</span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> 21" x 16" (frame size)</span><br />
<span class="hasCaption"> ©2012 Couper Russ Studios LLC</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Anti-War=Anti-Orgasm</b> at Light & Space Contemporary, Manila, Philippines, 14 April - 5 May, 2012</span></div>
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<br />MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-85086626470755515022012-03-21T09:38:00.004-07:002012-03-21T09:42:15.141-07:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">MIERCOLES, EL VIENTIUNO DE MARZO, VENINTE-DOCE<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Yesterday at my talk, I mentioned <a href="http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/extracting-the-stone-of-madness/">Bosch's painting in the Prado, 'Lubbert Das/Extracting the Stone of Madness</a>' and how it related to my retablo '1994' (see below). Click on the link above to see the alternative translation of Lubbert Das that influenced my painting.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HpTfLBx9cMTeJMMv6dEuXmXLEFlU4oo0R60yv21u7UJw71xDlJHl_yRPy8DFWpx1quxoWk5d68mic5G_rMnXzwRjylS_LbJfj59MkpCvgB_N8IFK82p1-E4miBYk2BWE0G1E6jmc8Krm/s1600/1994.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HpTfLBx9cMTeJMMv6dEuXmXLEFlU4oo0R60yv21u7UJw71xDlJHl_yRPy8DFWpx1quxoWk5d68mic5G_rMnXzwRjylS_LbJfj59MkpCvgB_N8IFK82p1-E4miBYk2BWE0G1E6jmc8Krm/s400/1994.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722391288236450754" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-478613444443989954.post-84094933920699258622012-03-21T09:32:00.004-07:002012-03-21T09:37:32.635-07:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">MARTES, EL VEINTE DE MARZO, VEINTE-DOCE<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I was interviewed yesterday about my work and exhibition 'Thirty-Three' at the Hastings City Art Gallery by Roy Dunningham. Here's a photo from Kath Purchas of the set-up, as we conducted the interview over Skype. A thank you to Roy for his great questions, the audience and the staff at Hastings City Art Gallery who helped in creating a gremlin-free technology link-up:</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOkdtiekDxUU4QKf8RFUh4jZb8zoiZ-iAPv0QQhggXbMWtunTyjKWoPGMTKdoB46-4qjSMExMfR8SzZPNazEcbvC70uIrNdaRTtEgNBWfkF92VGeocCudcptX0f8tVYWYedS1u94Llx6J/s1600/461014_10150642363357182_164749877181_9533477_1740995166_o.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOkdtiekDxUU4QKf8RFUh4jZb8zoiZ-iAPv0QQhggXbMWtunTyjKWoPGMTKdoB46-4qjSMExMfR8SzZPNazEcbvC70uIrNdaRTtEgNBWfkF92VGeocCudcptX0f8tVYWYedS1u94Llx6J/s400/461014_10150642363357182_164749877181_9533477_1740995166_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722390292916011346" border="0" /></a>MATTHEW COUPERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10321964995997649726noreply@blogger.com0