The South Street Gallery

Photographs of Magdalen Road by Bernard Clarke
21 December 2024 to 15 March 2025

In his book Real Oxford, Patrick McGuinness writes, "If I could take the DNA of my favourite street and clone it for the benefit of humanity, I'd choose Magdalen Road".

Living for 35 years just round the corner to Magdalen Road, Bernard Clarke has used his photography to portray the DNA of the street.

He says, "It has been a privilege and a wonderful opportunity to observe the way Magdalen Road has evolved. A treasure of East Oxford, but much less familiar to those who live beyond the Plain, Magdalen Road has rarely stood still.

"Since the early 2000s, places to eat, drink and shop have sprung up adding to its already well-established richness and diversity; the number of religious and cultural groups is remarkable; the disadvantaged and those in need are welcomed and cared for; businesses prosper; the arts thrive; and the place is literally alive with young families!

"Far from becoming 'gentrified', though, Magdalen Road remains true to itself."

Linocuts by Mark Lord
9 November to 21 December 2024

A collection of lino prints by printmaker Mark Lord aka Lino Lord reflecting his home country of Cornwall and its coastal heritage and some retro chic thrown into the mix!

Lino Art Prints and Homeware | Lino Lord Sustainable Art

Mixed media paintings by Steve Empson
28 September to 9 November 2024

This exhibition by Oxford artist Steve Empson explores the influence an environment can have on our sense of belonging and our wellbeing.

'A Sense of Place' describes his own relationship with place, and his deeper knowledge and understanding that comes through painting it.

It can be emotionally intense yet invoke the deepest calm. Its culture and history are felt through observation of a place's ecology, its texture and patina, and through its air and its light.

Most of the paintings in this exhibition are predominantly soft pastel over watercolour. The subjects are from the most influential places in his life; his home environment of NE England, his adopted home of Oxford, and from over 30 visits absorbing the visual excitement of India.

When you grow up in a place, you will know it like you know no other; but there are far away places that can strangely evoke a similarly strong sense of belonging.

Part Two
17 August to 28 September 2024

A second group exhibition by six Oxfordshire photographers - Liz Shand, Nick Welch, Jane Burke, Anna Ottaway, Terry Dunwoody and Nick Rose - mentored and co-ordinated by Rebecca Phillipson.

Each has chosen an individual subject to explore with their DSLR camera.

Part One
6 July to 17 August 2024

A group exhibition by six Oxfordshire photographers - Sarah Reed, Anna Ottaway, Jane Kennett, Howard Davies, Alexander Gordon and Virginie LaCroix - mentored and co-ordinated by Rebecca Phillipson.

Each has chosen an individual subject to explore with their DSLR camera.

Portraits of OUH Women
15 March 2024 to 25 May 2024

This exhibition brings together a collection of portraits of phenomenal women nominated by their colleagues for making a trailblazing and transformative impact within the world of healthcare.

They include those driving greater equality and scientific development; those who have immigrated in search of a better life to elevate the lives of others in the process; those who tirelessly support fellow women despite their own struggles; those providing limb care to patients impacted by conflict; and those who travelled to Ukraine to train local surgeons in reconstructive surgery.

Their portraits have been painted by Oxford University Hospitals staff: Petra Heenan, Cristyna Bremner, Martina Kliska, Julia Wong, Pratima Gurung and Katarzyna Zawanda.

The Kintsugi People project was devised by Dr Carol Holliday, psychotherapist, and lecturer at the University of Cambridge (now retired).

Through her 30 years of clinical practice, she found people often used metaphors of brokenness, fragmentation, splits or cracks to express distress or describe traumatic events.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with precious metals, such as gold. It resonates with the process of healing, both inside and out.

This exhibition is of Ryan Davies' photographs of people who have visible scar tissue from either accidents or surgery. The scars in the images have been gilded with pure gold.

This exhibition features artwork that explores and highlights the complex relationship between behaviour, culture and health.

'Parkinson's Dance' by Kat Brooks-Pugh explores how movement impacts those living with Parkinson's. 'Our Air' (pictured) by Adam Isfendiyar explores the impact of air pollution in London, and 'In Order to Bloom' by Laura Foster tells the story of the complexity and strength of motherhood, coinciding with the ongoing battle against the disease of addiction.

The exhibition has been developed by the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe and is a collaborative project with the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford.

This exhibition brings together paintings and photographs of, and by, OUH staff in response to COVID-19.

It includes photographs documenting the changing working conditions for OUH staff during the pandemic by staff member Jon Lewis, as well as reproductions of paintings by Zito Soares Da Silva (pictured), a member of our Intensive Care Unit's housekeeping team.

Also included are portraits of OUH staff created as part of a national project - Portraits of NHS Heroes - and work by artists who have generously given their time and creativity to thank NHS staff by auctioning and selling their artwork, such as Emma Waddleton - visit our News page to see her painting 'The Hug'.