Chris Killip Father and Child British Council Collection Image copyright - the artist
Artists' Film and Video
Often referred to as lens-based art, this area of contemporary practice has been explored by a growing number of British artists over the past two decades. Whilst earlier British artists, such as Gilbert & George proved influential in beginning to explore this field, a new generation of artists emerged in the nineties, most notably Douglas Gordon, Sam Taylor-Wood, Gillian Wearing and the Wilson twins ... more...
Photography
Independent photographers, who prefer to work within the photographic medium alone, continue to build upon Britain’s pivotal role as the birthplace of photography. The strong documentary impulse, and its corollary, photo-journalism which has been the backbone of much of British photography continues to thrive both within independent practice and commercially (through agencies such as Magnum, Network). During the 1970s, a new generation of photographers began a radical reappraisal of the documentary tradition, introducing a new ‘subjective’ colour documentary, epitomised in the work of Martin Parr... more...
Chris Killip
Father and Child
British Council Collection
Image copyright - the artist
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Over the past few years we have organised several major photography and video exhibitions to showcase the diversity and breadth of these disciplines across contemporary UK practice.
No Such Thing As Society documents British photography from the late 1960s until the late 1980s, providing a raw and timely appraisal of these turbulent decades.
You have not been honest surveys how British artists working today are using the language and structures of film to new ends. Through exhibitions like
Common Ground audiences can explore social documentary, portrait and landscape photography, whilst the stunning 1930s studio photographs of
Madame Yevonde add a historical perspective to our work. Have a closer look at our current and archived projects below.
This joint exhibition by Muammer Yanmaz and Annabel Elston examines the contributions and exchange that are the fruit of individuals crossing borders and mixing cultures.
Chris Killip Caravan Park, 1975 British Council Collection Image copyright - the artist
A document of British photography from the late 1960s until the late 1980s,
No Such Thing As Society draws from the collections of the Arts Council and the British Council to give a raw and timely appraisal of these two turbulent decades.
Roger Hiorns Benign (2005) Digital video projection 11’ 43” Images courtesy the artist and Corvi-Mora, London
Ranging in subject matter from intimate domestic portraits to narrative documentary, this exhibition features an innovative generation of British artists mixing influences from cinema, home video and archive to question the truth of the camera against actual reality.
Eight young photographers have been commissioned to produce new bodies of work exploring the range and diversity of British Muslims’ experience of life in the UK.; their approach embraces the full breadth of photography practice – from social documentary, portrait, landscape and conceptual strategies.
Exhibition of 108 modern prints on loan from Sotheby’s archive tracing Cecil Beaton’s career as a dandy photographer, concentrating on his treatment of glamour and artifice.
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