The fourth in the Ashmolean NOW exhibition series, where contemporary artists are invited to create new work inspired by the Ashmolean’s historical collections, Daphne Wright’s sculptures offer a quietly powerful meditation on domesticity, memory and the passage of time.

The exhibition centres on a new life-size sculpture titled Sons and Couch, which captures Wright’s two sons as young men reclining on a sofa. Her longstanding fascination with still life and casting is further explored in Fridge Still Life, a previously unseen work, shown alongside pieces from the Ashmolean’s own collection.