West Ox Arts Gallery presents Pushing the Boundaries, a group exhibition bringing together seven WOA artists whose work explores materials, processes and ideas beyond traditional artistic categories.
Featuring photography, ceramics, resin pours, textiles, collage, beadwork and sculptural assemblage, the exhibition highlights a range of contemporary practices that experiment with form, technique and material.
Photographer Neil George presents work created using multiple exposure and ICM that explores visual narrative and observation. Marjolein Trewavas reworks discarded objects such as chairs and tennis rackets, incorporating embroidery and textile techniques to create unexpected new forms.
Working between painting, sculpture and beadwork, Nicky Brown creates textured canvases with organic three-dimensional elements. Textile artist Sally Charles uses fabric and stitch to develop sculptural works that extend beyond conventional textile practice.
The exhibition also includes Frances Williams, whose layered collages sit between painting and assemblage, and Becky Rowe, who explores the balance between movement and stillness through fluid pours, resin and mixed media.
Ceramic artist Alison Townley explores the relationship between function, material and making. Inspired by landscape and everyday use, her tactile works make use of Raku glazes and blur the distinction between practical object and artistic expression.
Together, the artists demonstrate a wide range of approaches to contemporary making, united by an interest in experimentation, material exploration and crossing disciplinary boundaries.
Exhibition Information
Pushing the Boundaries
18 July – 15 August
West Ox Arts
Market Square
Bampton
Oxfordshire
OX18 2JH
Admission Free
Lift access