Oxmarket Contemporary has invited well known artists and makers, many of whom have a strong relationship with the Gallery, to participate in the Wish You Were Here Exhibition, this exhibition will be in both galleries for 2 weeks. The exhibition will celebrate ‘Where we live’ illustrating and reflecting aspects of our local area of Chichester, South Downs and the South Coast. A local scene, piece of architecture, a monument, the feeling of a hot summer’s day - an iconic image that we might send in a postcard to a friend or relative. The exhibition is being held at the height of summer, when people are on holidays, tourists are visiting our area and these artworks will also be representative of recognisable scenes to visitors to the gallery.

Alongside Wish You Were Here and as part of the exhibition we will hold a silent auction of ‘Postcards’. Oxmarket have invited around 90 local artists and makers to paint, print and decorate boards that represent postcards. The artists have been asked to illustrate something about where they live, in this local area, that they would want to send to a friend, loved one, relative. Also a recognisable ‘place’ to the gallery visitors, who may be tourists/visitors in the area. These will be on show in a mini gallery throughout the exhibition and there will be a Silent Auction on paper, bids placed in a sealed post-box in the Gallery, the highest bid winning the purchase of the individual item at the end of exhibition.