Artist Aliki Braine In Conversation - a Photo Oxford event

An event with Aliki Braine and An Van Camp, Curator of Northern European Art. The event takes place in-person in the Still Life Paintings Gallery on Level 2.

Booking is essential. Tickets are £20 each.

This unique event explores the enduring legacy of Dutch and Flemish still-life painting through a striking dialogue between 17th-century masterpieces and contemporary photographic reinterpretations.

Historic works from the Ashmolean’s renowned collection are shown alongside new pieces by Aliki Braine from her Twelve Months of the Year series. These innovative prints – cut, shredded, repositioned and woven – challenge traditional perceptions of image and object.

The event offers a rare opportunity to reflect on still life, past and present, and works which have inspired Aliki’s practice in the Ashmolean’s collection. It also gives attendees the chance to enjoy the Still Life Paintings (Daisy Linda Ward) Gallery at the Ashmolean behind closed doors, shared only with a small group of other fellow attendees.

This event takes place in conjunction with Photo Oxford, as part of the Photo Oxford Festival with sponsorship from the Centre for British Photography.

About Aliki Braine:

Aliki Braine is interested in exploring the physical nature of photographic images and the debt photography owes to the history of Western European painting.

Often cutting, folding, drawing with ink, punching holes or overlaying her negatives with adhesive labels, Braine violates the pristine surface of the photograph forcing the viewer to acknowledge the photograph as an object and the image as a construct and opening up a new understanding of the photographic process.

Braine’s practice is heavily informed by her work and research as an art historian working on the history of 17th century landscape painting.

This event is part of the Ashmolean's Connect & Collaborate season of events.