Roy Oxlade: Painting A Sense Of The Absurd
Edward Lucie-Smith, Artlyst
March 2018
If this nevertheless sounds a little grim and serious, as do other aspects of Oxlade’s biography – pupil of David Bomberg, teachers diploma at Goldsmiths College, further studies at the Royal College of Art, an MA thesis entitled Bomberg and the Borough – An Approach to Drawing (1974), followed by a PhD thesis entitled Bomberg’s Papers: The Spirit in the Mass – a Commentary (1980) -then the memorial show at the Alison Jacques Gallery should correct this impression. […]