The 2023 Emery Prize Winner is...
Will Lowry
William Lowry is an artist who combines drawing, printmaking, sculpture and sound to probe themes of personal and collective memory, masculinity and queer desire, myth and modernity.
"In Acheron (2023), my degree show installation, I staged a piece of elaborate architecture with an accompanying original soundtrack, recalling imperial-ecclesiastical structures and triumphal ceremonies. The idea was to subvert these in an off-kilter hellscape (in classical myth, Acheron is one of the rivers in Hades) that was theatrical, unnerving and poignant. "
As part of the prize there will be a solo-exhibition of Will Lowry's work in the Pembroke Art Gallery in Spring 2023.
About the Emery Prize
Pembroke College JCR Art Collection are delighted to once again be able to offer the Emery Prize. We wish to thank every student who applied and the Ruskin School of Art for their help and support.
NEWS ON INSTAGRAM
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
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