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18th Dec 09
The Importance Of Being Earnest- `...a Delight To Leave The Freezing Night Outside`- Daily Info
What a delight it was to leave the freezing night outside and enter into the warmth of…
17th Dec 09
Salma Caller`s Exhibition `stunning` By Helen Peacocke Of The Oxford Times
Self-taught artist Salma Caller, who now lives in Oxford, was concerned when she first…
13th Nov 09
Dark Complexity- Review Of Shiney Shiney In The Oxford Times
By Helen Peacocke.
The dry autumn leaves strewn on the floor of the North Wall…
13th Nov 09
Review: The American Pilot, Oxford Theatre Guild- Oxford Times
By Nick Utechin.
`Why did you have to come here?” is the underlying question put by a…
9th Nov 09
Jo Caulfield At The North Wall
Jo Caulfield:
We`re delighted to announce JO CAULFIELD`S stand up appearance on January…
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4th Mar 10
Susan Moxley: The North Wall, by The Oxford Times
One hundred portraits of Oxford women from all walks of life hang side by side, forming one huge painting that dominates the North Wall Gallery.
These powerful paintings are the work of the versatile Oxford artist Susan Moxley, and came out of her need for a change of direction and a new challenge.
The exhibition began with just one portrait then gradually evolved through conversations with her sitters as she began to realise their stories were as diverse as their faces.
In placing the portraits together as she has, Susan is asking…
26th Feb 10
SUSAN MOXLEY feature, Oxford Mail - Show continues until March 13th
A new exhibition of 100 female portraits carries a harrowing statistical reminder, writes Jeremy Smith.
Some of art history`s most famous portraits of women are painted almost exclusively, by men.
Susan Moxley`s thought-provoking exhibition, showing at The North Wall Arts Centre, brings a fresh approach to portraiture, from an entirely female view point.
“It is not my intention to follow a feminist tradition,” she says of her work, “rather to paint women, both specific and general from a female perspective.
“The portraits are…
17th Feb 10
SUSAN MOXLEY: THE FEMALE FORM- A CELEBRATION
EXHIBITION PRESS RELEASE:
SUSAN MOXLEY: THE FEMALE FORM - CELEBRATING WOMEN
The North Wall Arts Centre, South Parade Oxford OX2 7NN
01865 319 450
Monday 22nd February- Friday 13th March
Private view: Sunday 21st February 11am-1pm
Some of art history`s most famous portraits of women are painted almost exclusively, by men. Susan Moxley`s thought provoking exhibition showing at The North Wall Arts Centre brings a fresh approach to portraiture, from an entirely female view point.
`It is not my intention to follow a feminist tradition`,…
8th Feb 10
WHAT TO SEE: LYN GARDNER`S THEATRE TIPS
The Guardian Theatre Blog:
So many shows, so few evenings. If you want to see new theatre this week you`re going to have to make some tough choices: Peter Brook 11 and 12 is opening at the Barbican, Jerusalem`s in the West End and the delicious Bette Bourne/Mark Ravenhill collaboration, A Life in Three Acts, is now at Soho (now all in one big juicy chunk rather than bite-size pieces). And that`s just in London.
Beyond, there`s the regional premiere of The History Boys at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Ghost Stories at Liverpool (heading for…
4th Feb 10
PICK OF THE WEEK: VICTORY OR DEATH
By Helen Peacocke »
The 50 posters on show at the North Wall are part of the world`s third largest collection of its kind. It has been gathered by Mike Stanfield with help from Milly Diaz. He has collecting OSPAAAL posters (the Organisation of Support for the People of Africa, Asia and America Latina) since he first visited Cuba in the 1990s, and now has a more than 250 originals.
He stressed that the show was not intended as a political critique, but as an opportunity to honour the creative and talented artists who have designed…