Harry Hammond
Halfway to Paradise
2 July - 5 September 2010
Harry Hammond (1920 - 2009) was the first great photographer of British Rock 'n' Roll. As lead photographer for the New Musical Express (NME) from its relaunch in 1952 until the early 1960s, Hammond took some of the most famous images of the era and set the standard of pop photography for future generations.
This exhibition features over 100 of Hammond's prints from the V&A collections including many of his most famous photographs of leading artists such as Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, Buddy Holly and the Beatles. These iconic images capture the emergence of British Rock and provide an insight into the wider music industry.
Cliff Richard 1960. Harry Hammond © V&A images
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
TOUCH
A site specific installation by Lyndall Phelps
16 September – 28 November 2010
Contemporary artist Lyndall Phelps explores the use of the Royal Pump Rooms as a centre for healing, where medical treatments, including hydrotherapy and physiotherapy, were undertaken from the early 19th century to the mid-1990s. When the Art Gallery & Museum moved from its premises on Avenue Road to the Royal Pump Rooms in 1999, it acquired medical equipment and photographs relating to this chapter of the building’s history.
Influenced by the personal stories of former patients and staff, and by the medical history collections, Phelps has created a series of commissioned installations which are displayed alongside a selection of original objects and photographs. She reflects the 20th century history of the building and explores how treatments could be seen as pleasure or pain, healing or torture.
Phelps has previously worked with several museums and galleries including Milton Keynes Gallery and the Natural History Museum.
© Lyndall Phelps. Touch (foil blanket), detail 2010. Photography: Peter Mennim.
LOOKING IN WONDERLAND
9 December 2010 – 6 February 2011
Explore some of the most famous children’s book illustrations in the world: Sir John Tenniel’s illustrations to Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1872). John Tenniel (1820-1914) worked in London as a political cartoonist for Punch magazine before he was approached by Lewis Carroll to illustrate the two stories.
A selection of the unique and imaginative illustrations of Lewis Carroll’s characters will be displayed, including Alice, the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter. This will sit alongside a display of printing materials similar to those used to create these detailed wood engraved prints.
This exhibition also features a family Wonderland area where you can delve into Alice’s magical world.
A Graphicus Touring exhibition.
Alice and the Red Queen.
Past Exhibitions Archive
- water-shed: New work by Edmund de Waal 22 January - 11 April 2010 (112kb, PDF)
- Watch a short video about the water-shed exhibition on You Tube (link to external website)
- The Amazing Chang: 17 October 2009 - 10 January 2010 (162kb, PDF)
- Watch a short video about The Amazing Chang's Willow Pattern Plate illusion on You Tube (link to external website)
- The story of the Willow Pattern Plate TRANSCRIPT (11KB, PDF)
- The story of the Willow Pattern Plate TRANSCRIPT (11.6KB, DOC)
- Read Lynsey's Cleavers blog about the Amazing Chang project
- Sixties Summer 13 August - 4 October 2009 (116kb, PDF)
- OPEN 2009: People's Choice Award (82kb, PDF)
- OPEN 2009: Open Award Winner(121kb, PDF)
- OPEN 2009: 5 June - 2 August (82kb, PDF)
- The Singh Twins 27 March - 24 May 2009 (86.56kb, PDF)
- Geometry Of Fear - January 2009 (125kb, PDF)
- Distillations: New Work by Mary Riley - November 2008 (99kb, PDF)
- Mary Riley: Distillations - the artist's perspective (485kb, DOC)
- Now Showing: new film and video from the Arts Council collection - September 2008 (131kb, PDF)
- Clocking On - June 2008 (97kb, PDF)
- Phillip Warnell - April 2008 (106kb, PDF)
- Open 2007 - November 2007 (96kb, PDF)
- Maker Unknown - September 2007 (96kb, PDF)
- Made In The Middle - July2007 (117kb, PDF)
- Jo Roberts: Finding A Way Through - March 2007 (100kb, PDF)
- Jo Roberts: Finding A Way Through - the artist's perspective (126kb, PDF)
- Playtime - December 2006 (110kb, PDF)
- 100 Faces - October 2006 (159kb, PDF)
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