'Terminus': JCR Art Gallery Exhibition HT24
PAST EVENT | 01 March 2024 11:00 - 06 March 2024 16:00
Pembroke JCR Art Fund Gallery invites you to their Hilary Term exhibition, ‘Terminus’, by 2023 Emery Prize winner William Lowry.
The exhibition is free to attend, and will run from Saturday 2nd March to Wednesday 6th March, open 11am-4pm daily. There will be a private view on Friday 1st March, from 4-6pm, and a Sound Performance and Artist Q&A on Sunday 3rd March at 3pm.
Further details of the exhibition may be found below.
Showcasing an extensive body of new drawings, sculptures, and original music, 'Terminus' draws on both contemporary and classical imagery to explore existential questions of continuation and finality.
Images of hippodromes, racetracks and amphitheatres call to mind the crumbling vestiges of dead empires and civilisations, while depictions of wrestlers, soldiers and sportsmen conjure up associations of control, subjugation and domination. These images, among others, are presented either as spotlit drawings, within backlit-sculptures, or as light projections, forming a complex network of objects both large and small. They sprawl throughout the dimmed gallery space, terminating with a larger installation piece which towers at the far end of the gallery. Meanwhile, an original soundtrack hums in the background, creating an atmosphere which is poignant, hopeful, yet also menacing.
Featuring dark, melodic synths, atmospheric lighting, and eerie ambient music, the 25-minute sound performance on Sunday 3rd March will respond to 'Terminus'. It will be followed by an interview with the artist William Lowry where he will discuss his artistic practice, inspirations and influences.
William Lowry is the 2023 winner of the Emery Prize, an annual prize awarded to a Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, BFA or MFA finalist student, to support emerging artists within the University and encourage engagement with contemporary art in the wider Oxford community.
Born in Oxford, England in 2001, Lowry graduated with First Class Honours from the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford in 2023. Lowry has exhibited work at Modern Art Oxford, one of the UK’s leading contemporary art spaces, and the Ashmolean Museum. His work was selected for exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries and is also held in the institution’s permanent collection. In 2022 he was included in a group show at the Bi-BOX Art Space in Biella, Italy, and in 2023 his work was featured in AWE + WONDER at the Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank in London. He was awarded a Peter Kirk Grant by Trinity College, Oxford, to undertake research in Berlin, culminating in a solo exhibition at the College in November. In 2023 he was also awarded the Ashmolean Museum’s Vivien Leigh Prize and the Emery Prize at Pembroke College. Two of his works are held in the Ashmolean Museum’s permanent collection.
The Pembroke College JCR Art Collection was the first of its kind in Oxford and Cambridge. Started in 1947 by undergraduate students, it remains under their administration. The collection includes work by David Hockney, Alexander Calder, Paul Nash, Elisabeth Frink, Julian Bailey, and many others.
'Terminus': JCR Art Gallery Exhibition HT24
PAST EVENT | 01 March 2024 11:00 - 06 March 2024 16:00
Pembroke JCR Art Fund Gallery invites you to their Hilary Term exhibition, ‘Terminus’, by 2023 Emery Prize winner William Lowry.
The exhibition is free to attend, and will run from Saturday 2nd March to Wednesday 6th March, open 11am-4pm daily. There will be a private view on Friday 1st March, from 4-6pm, and a Sound Performance and Artist Q&A on Sunday 3rd March at 3pm.
Further details of the exhibition may be found below.
Showcasing an extensive body of new drawings, sculptures, and original music, 'Terminus' draws on both contemporary and classical imagery to explore existential questions of continuation and finality.
Images of hippodromes, racetracks and amphitheatres call to mind the crumbling vestiges of dead empires and civilisations, while depictions of wrestlers, soldiers and sportsmen conjure up associations of control, subjugation and domination. These images, among others, are presented either as spotlit drawings, within backlit-sculptures, or as light projections, forming a complex network of objects both large and small. They sprawl throughout the dimmed gallery space, terminating with a larger installation piece which towers at the far end of the gallery. Meanwhile, an original soundtrack hums in the background, creating an atmosphere which is poignant, hopeful, yet also menacing.
Featuring dark, melodic synths, atmospheric lighting, and eerie ambient music, the 25-minute sound performance on Sunday 3rd March will respond to 'Terminus'. It will be followed by an interview with the artist William Lowry where he will discuss his artistic practice, inspirations and influences.
William Lowry is the 2023 winner of the Emery Prize, an annual prize awarded to a Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, BFA or MFA finalist student, to support emerging artists within the University and encourage engagement with contemporary art in the wider Oxford community.
Born in Oxford, England in 2001, Lowry graduated with First Class Honours from the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford in 2023. Lowry has exhibited work at Modern Art Oxford, one of the UK’s leading contemporary art spaces, and the Ashmolean Museum. His work was selected for exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries and is also held in the institution’s permanent collection. In 2022 he was included in a group show at the Bi-BOX Art Space in Biella, Italy, and in 2023 his work was featured in AWE + WONDER at the Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank in London. He was awarded a Peter Kirk Grant by Trinity College, Oxford, to undertake research in Berlin, culminating in a solo exhibition at the College in November. In 2023 he was also awarded the Ashmolean Museum’s Vivien Leigh Prize and the Emery Prize at Pembroke College. Two of his works are held in the Ashmolean Museum’s permanent collection.
The Pembroke College JCR Art Collection was the first of its kind in Oxford and Cambridge. Started in 1947 by undergraduate students, it remains under their administration. The collection includes work by David Hockney, Alexander Calder, Paul Nash, Elisabeth Frink, Julian Bailey, and many others.