Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture and The Prints of Louise Bourgeois bothtook place at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford over two floors between 15 October and 31 December 1995. This major programme of two solo exhibitions offered the first opportunity in Britain to survey the sculpture, drawings and prints of Louise Bourgeois. The exhibition drew together the… Continue reading The Archive: Louise Bourgeois: Sculpture & The Prints of Louise Bourgeois (1995)
Month: September 2016
Re-Visit: Fraser Muggeridge: Designing for Galleries
Designer Fraser Muggeridge designed the Love is Enough and KALEIDOSCOPE visual identities for Modern Art Oxford. In this talk he discusses his approach to their design, and explores what it’s like to work with art institutions.
Re-Visit: What’s Important: Art & Education with Alex Schady
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.
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