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Britart
The Young British Artists, or YBAs—also referred to as Brit artists and Britart—is a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London in 1988. Many of the YBA artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths, in the late 1980s, whereas some from the group had trained at Royal College of Art.Blanché, Ulrich (2018). ''Damien Hirst. Gallery Art in a Material World''. Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, p. 69. The scene began around a series of artist-led exhibitions held in warehouses and factories, beginning in 1988 with the Damien Hirst-led ''Freeze (exhibition), Freeze'' and, in 1990, ''East Country Yard Show'' and ''Modern Medicine (exhibition), Modern Medicine''. They are noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial". They achieved considerable media coverage and dominated British art during the 1990s; internationally reviewed shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at US$384 million in the 2020 ''Sunday Times'' Rich List.Richard Brooks,It's the fame I crave, says Damien Hirst, The Times, 28 March 2010 During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended. Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep, and a cow) are preserved, sometimes having been dissected, in formaldehyde. The best-known of these is '' The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living'', a tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a clear display case. In September 2008, Hirst mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Collishaw
Matthew "Mat" Collishaw Royal Photographic Society#Distinctions and qualifications, Hon. FRPS (born 6 January 1966) is a contemporary British artist based in London. Work Collishaw's work uses photography and video. With an early foundation at Goldsmiths College, Collishaw formed part of the legendary movement of Young British Artists (YBA's). He was one of 16 young artists who participated in the seminal ''Freeze (art exhibition), Freeze'' exhibition organized by Damien Hirst in 1988, that launched the YBA, as well as the provocative ''Sensation'' show of 1997. His best known work is ''Bullet Hole'' (1988), which is a closeup photo of what appears to be a bullet hole wound in the scalp of a person's head, mounted on 15 light boxes. Collishaw took the original image from a pathology textbook that actually showed a wound caused by an ice pick. ''Bullet Hole'' was first exhibited in ''Freeze (art exhibition), Freeze'' and is now in the collection of the Museum of Old and New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Lucas
Sarah Lucas (born 1962) is an English artist. She is part of the generation of Young British Artists who emerged in 1988. Her works frequently employ visual puns and bawdy humour by incorporating photography, sculpture, collage and found objects. Life and work Education Lucas was born in London, England in 1962. She left school at 16, returning to study art at The Working Men's College (1982–83), London College of Printing (1983–84), and Goldsmiths College (1984–87), graduating with a degree in Fine Art in 1987.Sarah Lucas Museum of Modern Art, New York. Work Lucas was included in the 1988 group exhibition '' Freeze'' along with contemporary artists including |
The Physical Impossibility Of Death In The Mind Of Someone Living
''The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living'' is an artwork created in 1991 by Damien Hirst, an English artist and a leading member of the "Young British Artists" (or YBA). It consists of a preserved tiger shark submerged in formalin in a glass-panel display case. It was originally commissioned in 1991 by Charles Saatchi, who sold it in 2004 to Steven A. Cohen for an undisclosed amount, widely reported to have been at least $8 million. However, the title of Don Thompson's book, ''The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art'', suggests a higher figure. Owing to deterioration of the original tiger shark, it was replaced with a new specimen in 2006. It was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from 2007 to 2010. It is considered an iconic work of British art in the 1990s,Brooks, Richard"Hirst's shark is sold to America" ''The Sunday Times'', 16 January 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2008. and has become a symb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Emin
Dame Tracey Karima Emin (; born 3 July 1963) is an English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork. She produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, Neon lighting, neon text and sewn appliqué. Once the "wikt:enfant terrible#English, enfant terrible" of the Young British Artists in the 1980s, Tracey Emin is now a Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academician. In 1997, her work ''Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995'', a tent appliquéd with the names of everyone the artist had ever slept with, was shown at Charles Saatchi's ''Sensation (exhibition), Sensation'' exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy in London. In the same year, she gained considerable media exposure when she swore repeatedly when drunk on a live British TV discussion programme called ''The Death of Painting''.(18 March 2005)Tracey Emin – Artist ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (website). Retrieved 15 April 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Fairhurst
Angus Fairhurst (4 October 1966 – 29 March 2008) was an English artist working in installation, photography and video. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). Life and work Angus Fairhurst was born in Pembury, Kent. Having attended The Judd School between 1978 and 1985, he studied at Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury Art College 1985–1986, and graduated in 1989 in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths College, where he was in the same year as Damien Hirst. In February 1988, Fairhurst organised a show of student work, which was a precursor to the ''Freeze (exhibition), Freeze'' show largely organised by Hirst in July 1988 with sixteen other students from Goldsmith, including Fairhurst. Fairhurst and Hirst became close friends and collaborated on many projects. Fairhurst was also for several years the partner and sometime-collaborator of Sarah Lucas. Fairhurst's work was often characterised by visual distortion and practical jokes. An ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Rae
Fiona Rae (born 10 October 1963) is a Hong Kong-born British artist. She is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who rose to prominence in the 1990s. Throughout her career, she has been known for having a portfolio of work that includes elements of energy, and complexity. Her work is known for aiming at expanding the modern traditions of painting. Life and career Rae was born in Hong Kong and also lived in Indonesia before moving to England in 1970. After moving to England she attended Downe House which is an all girls boarding school in Berkshire. She then attended Croydon College of Art to study a Foundation Course (1983–1984) and Goldsmiths College (1984–1987), where she completed a BA (Hons) Fine Art. Young British Artist In 1988, she participated in Freeze, an art exhibition organised by Damien Hirst in London Docklands; the exhibition helped launch a generation of artists who became known as Young British Artists or YBAs. In 1991, Rae was shortlisted for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Park (artist)
Stephen Park (born 1962) is a British artist and comic performer. He was briefly associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs) in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and included in the seminal Freeze show. Life and work Stephen Park was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Newcastle where he attended Bath Lane College of Art (1981–82). He moved to London in 1982 where he attended Goldsmiths College (1982–1985) and then the Slade School of Fine Art (1985–1987). Early in his career he was included in exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Serpentine Gallery."85°Show" reviewed in the Observer newspaper 11 August 1985 by Tim Hilton He was one of the artists in the exhibition Freeze curated by Damien Hirst in 1988. He subsequently distanced himself from the YBAs and consequently remains relatively unknown. In the early 1990s he returned to the Slade School of Fine Art for two years as the Henry Moore Fellow. In 1998, he exhibited drawings and sculpture at the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Davenport (artist)
Ian Davenport (born 8 July 1966) is an English abstract painter and former Turner Prize nominee. Life and work Ian Davenport was born in Sidcup. He studied art at Northwich College of Art and Design, in Cheshire, and then at Goldsmiths College, from where he graduated in 1988. The same year he exhibited in the '' Freeze'' exhibition at Surrey Docks organised by Damien Hirst. In 1990 Davenport's first solo show was held at Waddington Galleries and he was included in the British Art Show. In 1991, he was nominated for the annual Turner Prize.Serena Davies (19 August 2006)Dance to the music of lines ''The Telegraph''. Accessed October 2013.Tom Teodorczuk (6 September 2006) ''London Evening Standard''. Accessed October 2013. In 1999, he had a solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts and was a prizewinner at the John Moores exhibition 21 in Liverpool. Many of his works are made by pouring paint onto a tilted surface and letting gravity spread the paint over the surface. For t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldsmiths College Millard Building
A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Modern goldsmiths mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, they have also made silverware, platters, goblets, decorative and serviceable utensils, and ceremonial or religious items. Goldsmiths must be skilled in forming metal through filing, soldering, sawing, forging, casting, and polishing. The trade has very often included jewelry-making skills, as well as the very similar skills of the silversmith. Traditionally, these skills had been passed along through apprenticeships; more recently jewelry arts schools, specializing in teaching goldsmithing and a multitude of skills falling under the jewelry arts umbrella, are available. Many universities and junior colleges also offer goldsmithing, silversmithing, and metal arts fabrication as a part of their fine arts curriculum. Gold Compared to other metals, gold is malleable, ductile, rare, and it is the only solid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Landy
Michael Landy (born 1963) is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece installation '' Break Down'' (2001), in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the ''Art Bin'' project (2010) at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008, Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Early life and works Landy was born in London. He first studied art in Loughton and Loughborough, then at Goldsmiths College in London, having been inspired to take up art professionally after having a picture selected for display on the BBC television art program Take Hart. After graduating from Goldsmiths in 1988, he exhibited in the '' Freeze'' exhibition, organised by Damien Hirst—an exhibition which first brought together a group of artists that would later become known as the Young British Artists. In 1990, Landy exhibited in East Country Yard with several of the artists from ''Freeze''. His first solo ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Hume
Gary Stewart Hume (born 9 May 1962) is an English artist. Hume's work is strongly identified with the YBA who came to prominence in the early 1990s. Hume lives and works in London and Accord, New York.Gary Hume , New York/Los Angeles. Life and career Hume was born in 1962 in , Kent. He attended Homewood School. He graduated from |
