Bradford 1 Gallery
Bradford Museums and Galleries have a new gallery in the centre of Bradford! The gallery is within the new development that has rejuvenated Centenary Square as a place to meet, eat, drink or just hang out. Now you can also go and see great new exhibitions.
Bradford 1 Gallery is the new city centre space for exhibitions of contemporary and historic art and craft. It will host shows from national and regional touring venues as well as drawing upon the major collections of the museums and galleries service.
It is a partnership with Impressions Gallery. This innovative contemporary photography gallery has re-located from York to Bradford and will also have its own new gallery. Both institutions will share public areas and an education space.
Current and upcoming exhibitions
13 November 2009 – 4 February 2010
Plastic Culture: Legacies of Pop 1962 – 2008
Plastic Culture looks at the visual and cultural impact of the 1960s Pop Art movement upon subsequent generations of artists in Japan, the UK and the USA. It demonstrates how the pioneering work of Andy Warhol enabled artists to work using new media and technologies, and to approach painting and photography with a set of concerns and attitudes led by technological innovation. It also shows that what came after Pop Art was not simply a celebration of consumerism. Plastic Culture breaks with the convention that Pop was an Anglo-American phenomenon by acknowledging the influence of Japan as a newly emergent force in contemporary art. The exhibition includes a number of internationally acclaimed artists including Andy Warhol, Mariko Mori, Machiko Edmondson, Rachal Bradley, James Howard, Richard Kirwan, Tony Oursler and Daniel Sturgis.
13 February - 16 May 2010
Running with the Bulls
An exhibition celebrating the highs and lows of the Bradford Bulls’ first fifteen years in Super League.
13 February - 28 March 2010
My World My Sport
The final exhibition of the three year My World project, in partnership with Renaissance Yorkshire. It examines the significance of sport in people’s lives and the wide variety of games and activities that go on throughout the Bradford area. The exhibition will showcase five films showing individuals and groups and archive footage of past sporting moments. Alongside the films there will be sports clothing exhibited and a chance for you to reminisce about your own sporting achievements and memories.
28 May - 22 August 2010
Focus on Bradford
An exhibition celebrating the work of one of Bradford’s best known photographers – C. H. Wood. Following on the success of North in Focus, Focus on Bradford features black and white and colour images from C.H. Wood (Bradford) Ltd. The exhibition documents the changes in Bradford and the surrounding area in the second half of the 20th century, from the 1950s to the 1990s. It will also include images of famous people in Bradford and events during this period.
As a commercial photography company their archive has over 300,000 negatives and images spanning nearly seventy years. The reproduction images for the exhibition will be taken from glass plate negatives and transparencies and includes stunning aerial views of the City Centre showing how Bradford has changed over the last sixty years. Many of the images have never been displayed in public and give an insight into Bradford in the second half of the 20th Century.
