A NEW exhibition at the University of Bradford's art gallery sees the work of a local collective rubbing shoulders with that of groups from across the world.

Full Scale - Art’s Use in the Real World opened at the university's Gallery II today, and features "useful art" - work that also has a social or practical purpose.

Among the artists with work on display are WUR Bradford, an arts collective based in the city centre. In recent years the group has worked on projects looking at the city's markets, street harassment and political activism.

Their contribution to the exhibition includes a timeline of all the projects they have been involved in in recent years, as well as a "shrine" to Bradford's markets that the group made in association with market traders - each one donating an item to be added to the piece.

The exhibition marks the first time their work has gone on display in a gallery setting.

Other artists exhibiting include Jordanian Lawrence Abu Hamdan, whose award-winning Rubber Coated Steel is on display. The piece is a video tribunal where the artist’s techniques for visualizing sound frequencies are used to determine whether Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets or live ammunition at two unarmed teenagers in the occupied West Bank.

The Islington Mill Art Academy had a residential in Bradford over the summer, and the results of that stay are another exhibit in the exhibition.

Austrian artist group WochenKlausur’s work is represented by documentation of a project where they helped students to create affordable housing from vacant buildings.

And visitors to the gallery will also be able to submit their own ideas for possible future "useful art" pieces.

Curator Andy Abbott said: "This exhibition is about how art and artists have expanded into other disciplines, rather than just art for art's sake. A lot of this is art that can help solve social problems."

The exhibition runs until Friday December 8. Teh gallery is based in the University's Chesham Building, and is open from11am - 5pm on Monday to Friday (Thursdays until 6pm).