Young British Artists
Young British Artists ( YBAs ) is the name for a loose group of then young British artists that was formed around 1988 , but never founded a group of that name.
characterization
The term arose from the media and was particularly shaped by the exhibition series of the same name “Young British Artists in the Saatchi Gallery ” I – IV. The first generation of artists under this heading studied at London's Goldsmiths College , the second came primarily from the Royal College of Art in London.
The term Young British Artists only prevailed retrospectively and today describes a closed epoch that roughly spans the 1990s. "There were no manifestos, no official formation of a group called YBA, but in retrospect there is a consensus about who and why it belongs to it."
“In addition, participation in Freeze , other self-curated group exhibitions around 1990 (Modern Medizine, Gambler, East Country Yard Show) and / or one of the six exhibitions in the Saatchi Gallery entitled“ Young British Artists ”was a reason to get the YBA label. However, taking Saatchi's collection as a maxim is treacherous because he sells works over and over again, i.e. the collection does not consistently contain works by the same artists. Halfway defined by school, Saatchi and exhibitions, YBAs were also honored with prizes: Between 1992 and 1999, five artists who are included in the YBAs received the most important British young talent 'Turner Prize', and almost ten were nominated. "
In 1988, under the direction of the 22-year-old art student Damien Hirst , artists organized the “Freeze” exhibition in London's Docklands , which in retrospect marks the birth of the YBA phenomenon, but which went almost unnoticed at the time. However, it was filmed by the BBC and the film was later shown several times. “Freeze” was also the hour of birth of an alternative gallery scene, which arose above all in east London and in empty factory buildings. Well-known examples were the 1990 shows “Modern Medicine” and “Gambler”. Both were organized and curated by Damien Hirst, Billie Sellman and Carl Freedman . Even Joshua Compsten had with his gallery Factual Nonsense created an alternative to the elitist art world of London's West. The "shop" of Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas can be counted as part of this movement. In 1997 the exhibition “ Sensation ” followed.
The group was sponsored by the collector Charles Saatchi . He visited the “Freeze” exhibition and began collecting the artists' works.
Members
- Steven Adamson
- Angela Bulloch (* 1966)
- Mat Collishaw (born 1966)
- Ian Davenport (born 1966)
- Dominic Denis (* 1963)
- Tracey Emin (born 1963)
- Angus Fairhurst (1966-2008)
- Anya Gallaccio (* 1963)
- Liam Gillick (born 1964)
- Damien Hirst (* 1965)
- Gary Hume (* 1962)
- Michael Landy (born 1963)
- Abigail Lane (* 1967)
- Sarah Lucas (* 1962)
- Lala Meredith-Vula
- Chris Ofili (* 1968)
- Richard Patterson (born 1963)
- Stephen Park (* 1962)
- Marc Quinn (born 1964)
- Fiona Rae (born 1963)
- Jenny Saville (* 1970)
- Gavin Turk (* 1967)
- Mark Wallinger (* 1959)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blanché, Ulrich (2018). Damien Hirst. Gallery Art in a Material World. Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, p. 66.
- ↑ Blanché, Ulrich (2018). Damien Hirst. Gallery Art in a Material World. Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, p. 66
- ↑ Blanché, Ulrich (2018). Damien Hirst. Gallery Art in a Material World. Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, p. 69.
- ↑ a b Ulrich Blanché: Consumer Art . Culture and Commerce at Banksy and Damien Hirst . Transcript, Bielefeld 2012, p. 63, ISBN 978-3-8376-2139-6
- ↑ Blanché, Ulrich (2018). Damien Hirst. Gallery Art in a Material World. Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, p. 68.
- ↑ Julian Stallabrass: High Art Lite. The Rise and Fall of Young British Art. Verso Books, London 2006, pp. 55ff, ISBN 9781844670857