Wycliffe Hall – Oxfordshire Artweeks

367 Wycliffe Hall

Region: Jericho – City

Artform: Ceramics, Drawing, Mixed Media, Multidisciplinary, Painting, Photography, Pottery

This is the sixth year that Wycliffe Hall has participated in Art Weeks. Exhibits include pottery, ceramic sculptures, charcoal and chalk on paper, oil and acrylic paintings, iconography, pastels, watercolours, textiles, photography, and drawings. Some of the artists will be available to discuss their work.
Antoni Gaudi, the Catalan architect, said that ‘originality consists in returning to the origin’. He viewed creativity as a process of discovery rather than invention, seeing originality as finding the simple first solutions, looking to the core principles of nature. Pablo Picasso once described art as ‘a lie that enables us to see the truth’. Wycliffe Hall is committed to fostering a New Renaissance, a vision for fresh inspiration to contribute to the transformation of our culture, a new wisdom and way of thinking, of scholarship and art.
Theologian Abraham Kuyper stated that art is ‘one of God’s richest gifts to mankind’ commenting that the best art is designed to inspire us with the good and beautiful. It is a restoration of something our world has lost through the corrupting influence of evil and wrongdoing. The current world crisis, with the uncertainty and challenges facing us all give us pause to reflect upon his wise words.
‘Beauty will save the world’, to slightly misquote Fyodor Dostoevsky! Inspired art always has the power to move and motivate us, to communicate the power of love through creative beauty. The highest forms of art transcend the ordinary and mundane, pointing to a greater inspirational Light, encouraging engagement, thought, interaction and personal response.
We look forward to welcoming you to our exhibition.