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...
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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. 
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.
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.
