then make your way to Art Jericho, in King Street, where nine artists have responded to owner Patricia Baker-Cassidy’s challenge to observe Oxford. She explained: “All the pictures in this exhibition have a specific location indicated by a postcode, so viewers can check the authenticity, in most cases.”

The proviso concerns the location of the work of Frank Newhofer. St Sepulchre’s cemetery is seen through a cracked window in Lucy’s Eagle Ironworks before it was demolished.

Time is a powerful factor, too. A distant spire, viewed from the banks of the Cherwell looking towards Lady Margaret Hall, is seen through trees, in a haunting wintry landscape, almost Narnian. Yet, the summery setting at Risinghurst, home of C. S. Lewis, the creator of Narnia, is delightfully tranquil. Our city is full of vibrant colour, when seen by Jackie Conway, whose study of the University Church is pictured above, and full of mystery and charm, by Valerie Petts.

Then, the familiar becomes unfamiliar, even surreal. A cheerful face grins at you, but the wide open mouth is actually a graffitied letterbox in Hart Street. So you will gather that there was no restriction placed on the artists, and not all the images are in Oxford. Karien van Assendelft’s screen-print focuses on a gate, in a field, with a sign attached asking walkers to close it; the only problem is, the gate stands alone and fenceless! Keith Bourne’s Sign of the Times pinpoints a solitary boastful sign photographed on the Cowley Road locating ‘Oxford Pride’. The artists’ observant eyes cleverly notice things we miss. What looks like a bullet hole in a pane of glass is actually in a boarded up shop window on the corner of nearby Little Clarendon Street and Walton Street, captured by Caroline Seymour.

This exhibition is fun.

n Art Jericho. Aug 14- September 5 (Wed-Sat 10-5 )