Alex Schady, Artist and Programme Leader Fine Art at Central St Martins, discusses art education and the role that galleries can play in collaborating with art schools and students. This talk forms part of Modern Art Oxford’s series of lectures from leading cultural figures, reflecting on the ways in which arts organisations contribute to society.
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The Director’s Archive: Jim Lambie, 2003
Modern Art Oxford’s 2003 solo exhibition of new work by acclaimed British artist Jim Lambie showcased the artist’s characteristic formal rigour and site-specific response to the gallery space with a DJ’s sense of improvisation and sampling. The exhibition brought together a new vinyl floor work, Male Stripper, a black and white duct tape striped floor… Continue reading The Director’s Archive: Jim Lambie, 2003
The Archive: New Art From China, part 1: Silent Energy
In this latest Channel post, Professor Craig Clunas from the History of Art department, University of Oxford, reflects on the impact of the innovative exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, ‘Silent Energy’ held at Modern Art Oxford in 1993. To refresh my memory of this ground-breaking show, the first time ‘contemporary Chinese art’ was shown in… Continue reading The Archive: New Art From China, part 1: Silent Energy
Shop Showcase: Carly Hitchens
As part of our ongoing showcase of contemporary crafts, the Modern Art Oxford shop presents jeweller Carly Hitchens. Hitchens is a Cornish designer who makes use of her surroundings to inspire unique pieces of handmade jewellery. Recurrent themes in her work include architectural influences and the mining and minerals of Cornwall. The influence of Art Deco… Continue reading Shop Showcase: Carly Hitchens
Shop Showcase: Belgin Bozsahin
As part of our ongoing showcase of contemporary crafts, the Modern Art Oxford shop presents ceramicist Belgin Bozsahin. Bozsahin was born in Istanbul and has lived in London for almost three decades, she has exhibited in Istanbul, London, Bergen and on the QE2 liner. Many of her works are in private collections in Turkey, UK, Ireland, Portugal,… Continue reading Shop Showcase: Belgin Bozsahin
The Director’s Archive: Paul Klee, 1983
Although Modern Art Oxford has become known in recent decades for solo presentations of international artists working directly in response to the spaces of the gallery, many of the memorable shows in our 50year history have also been touring exhibitions organised by other institutions and exhibited here. One such show, presented in the early autumn of 1983, was… Continue reading The Director’s Archive: Paul Klee, 1983
The Archive: Signs of the Times – A Decade of Video, Films & Slide-Tape Installation in Britain 1980-1990 (1990)
Signs of the Times: A Decade of Video, Films and Slide-tape Installation in Britain 1980-1990, took place at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford in two parts between 7 October and 9 December 1990. Signs of the Times was the first major exhibition of British video, slide-tape and film installation to examine the development of… Continue reading The Archive: Signs of the Times – A Decade of Video, Films & Slide-Tape Installation in Britain 1980-1990 (1990)
The Director’s Archive: Philip Guston, 1989
I am a great admirer of the American artist Philip Guston (1913-80), and I have been looking again at his extraordinary body of work recently in light of the mood and temperament of our own turbulent times. Guston’swork seems to me to resonate with the anxiety of contemporary society. The major exhibition of his drawings at Modern… Continue reading The Director’s Archive: Philip Guston, 1989
The Archive: Helen Chadwick – Viral Landscapes (1989-1990)
Helen Chadwick Viral Landscapes was held at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, from 5 November 1989 to 7 January 1990. Shown as a panoramic frieze measuring four feet in height and 50 feet in length, Viral Landscapes was a brand new series of photographic wall pieces created by British artist Helen Chadwick (1953-1996).… Continue reading The Archive: Helen Chadwick – Viral Landscapes (1989-1990)
The Director’s Archive: Bill Woodrow, 1983
Bill Woodrow’s solo presentation at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford in 1983 provided an opportunity to look at the artist’s recent work as a way to engage with a new generation of sculptural practice arising from the highly influential St Martin’s School of Art. At that time it had been the seedbed of new developments… Continue reading The Director’s Archive: Bill Woodrow, 1983