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Oxford Festival of the Arts
@ Pembroke JCR Art Gallery, Trinity 2025
A trio of exhibitions at Pembroke JCR Art Gallery:
WHAT IS YOUR OXFORD? - IN FLUX - OXFORD INVERTED
'Disappearance of Worlds'
by Chantal Meza, June 2025
The work of Mexican painter Chantal Meza, which confronts
the violence, terror, and the complexities of disappearance in
both a human and ecological context.
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A look back on: Land, Sea and Sky: Paul Nash in Oxford
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This past summer, from May 11th to July 9th 2024, the Pembroke JCR Art Fund hosted an exhibition on the renowned post-war British artist Paul Nash. The exhibition was the first of its kind to focus on Nash's time in Oxford and drew on the holdings of the Ashmolean Museum, the Tate archives, and number of Oxford colleges and private collections. See more about the exhibition and its events here.
![Pembroke JCR Art Gallery invites you to our new exhibition this Trinity: Just Looking
Featuring the work of James Gemmill and Gavin Lockheart.
20th-28th April, 11am-4pm weekends, 4pm-7pm weekdays excluding April 22nd (closed), and 6-8pm April 25th. Artists will be in attendance.
Private View 19th April 6:30pm-9pm.
Sonja Klaus in conversation with James Gemmill and Gavin Lockheart, Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, 25th April 6:30pm.
Oxford Festival of the Arts is delighted to be working together with the Pembroke College JCR Art Collection to present “Just Looking” – an exhibition of the work of James Gemmill and Gavin Lockheart. There is a subliminal thread across these works – they play on different possible interpretations of stories told/untold – and that is what is fascinating about James’ and Gavin’s work. They tell a story (or do they?), but that story is completely up to the viewer. There is a darkness in some of the paintings, a link to horrors around us and man’s inhumanity to man, but is there a glimmer of hope? That is up to you.
With its references to the darkness of war and conflict, this exhibition also links to the foundation of the PC JCR Art Collection established in 1947 by Anthony Emery, a mature undergraduate who came to Pembroke to read History following his return from WWII; and leads on to our next exhibition of works by British surrealist painter and war artist Paul Nash, which will be shedding light on the Oxfordshire locations that inspired his work and the Oxonian women who supported him.
“I hope that the imagery in this new body of work reflects an empathetic story of a truth about the human condition in today’s world.” [James Gemmill, 2024]
“I’m an unreliable narrator – so the interpretation is left up to the viewer.” [Gavin Lockheart, 2024]](https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/435694480_953833199481628_3970430693290655877_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=n2yhr6UEIdcQ7kNvwHa9QnG&_nc_oc=Adndr0iyku18Kh67bb-ydete8iIUbt3QKZAnVea3yRf7RX3C-geYwMLSnpKXBw83znw&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=Po4IFUcB19vlp7qojTinXA&oh=00_AfE9hOT5PRRJPf86OEPN5ul3VLnVWrfi4BLUQcWqw2Tz3A&oe=680F7303)
Portraits:
What you lookin' at?
An online exhibition
Explore our collection with our new online exhibition Portraits: What you lookin' at? Discover paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings which depicture figures and faces. Some of the sitters stare out of the frame, looking back at the viewer. Others are seemingly unaware they are being watched, captured unawares.
Collection Favourites
an online exhibition walkthrough and guide
While the gallery remains closed to the public, we are delighted to offer digital access to our collection on display. We have continued the Collection Favourites display, incorporating favourites selected by the governing committee of JCR students and Pembroke College staff.
What is your Collection Favourite? Tell us via email or social media
jcr.artfund@pmb.ox.ac.uk | @pembrokejcrart | #collectionfavourites
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