Exhibitions

We have a changing programme of temporary exhibitions which complement the Museum Collection and permanent gallery spaces.

Our exhibitions examine and reflect upon a range of subjects within the media realm through diverse means, from photography to the web, cult cinema to definitive television, historical documents to contemporary artists and interactive exhibits to audiovisual installations.

Temporary exhibitions are displayed in Gallery One and Gallery Two.

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• Brighton, Sussex. May 1974. © Daniel Meadows.

  Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works
  Curated by Val Williams

  Gallery Two: 30 September 2011 - 19 February 2012

  Daniel Meadows was one of a group of photographers who spearheaded the independent photography movement in the early 1970s, breaking with tradition and infusing the medium with new energies and ways of seeing. His practice is complex, passionate and sometimes deeply autobiographical. Between 1971 and 1987, he produced an astonishing record of urban society in Britain, working in a uniquely collaborative way through his interviews with - and writing about – his subjects.

  Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works encompasses Meadows' major projects, as well as recently discovered work from his archives. The exhibition is accompanied by a book, published by Photoworks.

  This project has been funded and supported by a partnership between this Museum, Ffotogallery, Birmingham Central Libraries, Photography and the Archive Research Centre, University of the Arts London and Photoworks UK.

  This exhibition forms part of Ways of Looking, a new photography festival in Bradford, 1 - 30 October 2011.

  Find out more about Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works

• OP1. Forward Operating Base, Ma'sum Ghar. Kandahar Province. Afghanistan, 2010. © Donovan Wylie

  Outposts: Donovan Wylie
  Bradford Fellowship 2010/11

  Gallery One: 30 September 2011 - 19 February 2012

  Building upon his previous projects - Maze and British Watchtowers - Wylie's new work continues to interrogate the architecture of conflict, and derives from the idea of vision and power. Wylie was recently embedded with Canadian troops in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. From here he surveyed the military outposts which commanded multiple lines of sight, with dominance over vast swathes of land.

  The Bradford Fellowship is a partnership between the University of Bradford, Bradford College and this Museum. The Fellowship is a prestigious award, given to mid-career photographers or artists to develop their professional practise in the context of our Collection.

  This exhibition forms part of Ways of Looking, a new photography festival in Bradford, 1 - 30 October 2011.

  Find out more about Outposts: Donovan Wylie