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An art installation made up of a large curved metal ladder or track, winding up and down like a rollercoaster, in a large white space. There are hessian sacks on the floor at the base of the sculpture, and some have flowering plants growing out of them.

OPENING SATURDAY

Jesse Darling: No Medals No Ribbons

From a gravity defying rollercoaster to 'Saint Batman,' come and explore the free exhibition Jesse Darling: No Medals No Ribbons, the largest presentation of installations, sculptures and drawings by Jesse Darling to date. Visit the exhibition from 5 March and join us at the Preview Party tomorrow, 6-9pm.

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DIGITAL

A blue and purple abstract photo of a surface made of many small bubbles, with a line of tiny green lights across the centre.

branch: explore what's possible ✨

What if you could prototype your life before you lived it? What if plants were our teachers? Explore new worlds of storytelling by joining in with branch, a thought-provoking and participatory online ‘forest’ grown from your ideas about what might come next. Join in with branch on the Modern Art Oxford website until 13 March. Free, for all ages.

Enter the forest to take part

Play some branch stories

Text over red trees against a dark textured background, reading: STRICTLY TREES.

What if we could hear all that the trees are saying? | STRICTLY TREES by
Sarah.

Play the story

Text over pink background with grey shaded areas and thin wavy lines going horizontally, reading: FORGETTING.

What if I could turn the world purple? |
FORGETTING by
Mel Frances.

Play the story

Text over indigo dappled blue background with green dots and brown shapes across the middle, reading: THE BILL

What if baristas were superheroes? |
THE BILL by
Vaishnavi Singh.

Play the story

Upcoming events

Black graphic with colourful words, reading: A Place of Rage, A Prayer Before Birth, A Question of Choice, A Song of Ceylon, Back Inside Herself, Loss of Heat, Now Pretend, Scuola Senza Fine, Sweet Sugar Rage.

Film: A Prayer Before Birth

The Work We Share celebrates newly digitised films from the Cinenova collection exploring gender, race, sexuality, health and community. As part of the programme, we're presenting a screening of A Prayer Before Birth by Jacqui Duckworth on 24 March, 6.30pm. Free, booking required.

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Long thin sculpture standing on a wooden floor against a white wall, made of a disfigured mobility support

Talk: The Politics of Debility

For our next free talk at the gallery, The Politics of Debility with Dr. Giulia Smith will explore the distinctive aesthetic of debility present across Jesse Darling's playful artworks. 10 March, 6.30pm. Free, booking required.

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Community

Yellow and blue Ukrainian flag in a painterly style

Help for Ukraine

Supporting those impacted by the unfolding situation in Ukraine, are a number of local and national initiatives.

To stay up to date on local collections of donated clothes, food, healthcare and other items, visit the Oxford Help For Ukraine Facebook page.

For more ways to help, the Oxford University Ukrainian Society has shared a working list of the various organisations that are supporting civilians and the armed forces on the ground in Ukraine.

Modern Art Oxford is supported by:

Modern Art Oxford
30 Pembroke Street
Oxford
OX1 1BP
info@modernartoxford.org.uk
(0)1865 722733

Opening hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12 - 5pm
Closed Monday
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Image credits:
Jesse Darling, Gravity Road, installation view, Kunstverein Freiburg, 2020. Photo: Marc Doradzillo
Artwork by Mel Frances; featuring photo by Mel Frances; Photo by Nariman Mosharrafa on Unsplash
Artwork by Mel Frances; featuring photo by Mel Frances; Photo by Dan-Cristian Pădureț on Unsplash
Photo by J Lee on Unsplash; Photo by USGS on Unsplash
Artwork by Mel Frances; featuring photo by Mel Frances; Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash
The Work We Share, image courtesy Cinenova collection
Jesse Darling, Crawling Cane, 2017. Private collection, New York
Image courtesy Oxford Help For Ukraine

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