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Watch out for the striking new images from the photographic campaign My Ashmolean My Museum
In collaboration with high-profile individuals and members of the local community, the photographer, Theo Chalmers, has developed a powerful set of images to capture the public’s attention. By connecting contemporary faces to the Museum’s world-renowned collections of art and archaeology, My Ashmolean My Museum juxtaposes modern and historic traditions. The series comprises a range of stories from across time and culture and each portrait will present viewers with inspiring new ways of seeing the collections.
The first large-scale graphics from the series will be installed on Ashmolean hoardings on Beaumont Street, Oxford, on 1 October for a period of 4 weeks. With generous support from Colin Dexter, author of Inspector Morse, and Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox, from the ITV series Lewis, their portraits illustrate Oxford's dark history of crime and punishment. The subjects are pictured holding Cranmer's Band, The Manacle and the Bocardo Prison Key, which were used in the imprisonment of the Oxford Martyrs in the Saxon tower, next to St. Michael at the Northgate Church, Cornmarket. Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer were incarcerated for their Protestant faith under the Roman Catholic rule of Queen Mary, before being burnt at the stake on Broad Street, Oxford, in 1555-6.
Details of a second installment of images and an exciting project with the Oxford Bus Company will be announced next month.
An online exhibition of the photographs will be developed alongside an interactive area for the public to upload their favourite stories from the Ashmolean collections or to share experiences which they have enjoyed at the Museum. To find out more visit http://www.ashmolean.org/MyAshmolean
“We are extremely grateful to the individuals who have generously given their time and support to this campaign. With their involvement, Theo Chalmers has created a magnificent series of portraits with which the public can identify. Our thanks also go to the Oxford Bus Company which has been working with us on an innovative project to keep the Ashmolean in the public eye during the final phase of the Museum’s exciting developments.” Dr Christopher Brown, Director of the Ashmolean.
The first large-scale graphics from the series will be installed on Ashmolean hoardings on Beaumont Street, Oxford, on 1 October for a period of 4 weeks. With generous support from Colin Dexter, author of Inspector Morse, and Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox, from the ITV series Lewis, their portraits illustrate Oxford's dark history of crime and punishment. The subjects are pictured holding Cranmer's Band, The Manacle and the Bocardo Prison Key, which were used in the imprisonment of the Oxford Martyrs in the Saxon tower, next to St. Michael at the Northgate Church, Cornmarket. Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer were incarcerated for their Protestant faith under the Roman Catholic rule of Queen Mary, before being burnt at the stake on Broad Street, Oxford, in 1555-6.
Details of a second installment of images and an exciting project with the Oxford Bus Company will be announced next month.
An online exhibition of the photographs will be developed alongside an interactive area for the public to upload their favourite stories from the Ashmolean collections or to share experiences which they have enjoyed at the Museum. To find out more visit http://www.ashmolean.org/MyAshmolean
“We are extremely grateful to the individuals who have generously given their time and support to this campaign. With their involvement, Theo Chalmers has created a magnificent series of portraits with which the public can identify. Our thanks also go to the Oxford Bus Company which has been working with us on an innovative project to keep the Ashmolean in the public eye during the final phase of the Museum’s exciting developments.” Dr Christopher Brown, Director of the Ashmolean.