Artists from Bradford have been Official War Artists, whilst others have responded to their own war experiences through art – or have used art as a personal protest against all forms of armed conflict. Official (and unofficial) War Artists The outbreak of war in 1914 led to an immediate collapse of the…
Photographic artist, Daniel Shiel, extracts details from photographic images taken by him, isolates them from their original context, and combines them to present new, often surreal, perspectives. Daniel is also a published writer of short stories. His photographic artwork is particularly concerned with all forms of landscape, urban and…
Art, including photography, can be a powerful instrument for encouraging social comment, change, even protest. In Bradford, artists and photographers, past and present, have used art for social commentary or documentary purposes. In recent years too, there has been a movement to involve local people more in individual or collective creative projects, and to remove…
