Young British Artists

Young British Artists ( YBA ) is the name for a created about 1988, then loose group of young British artists, but never formed a group with that name. The term was coined by the media and was particularly influenced by the eponymous exhibition series " Young British Artists in the Saatchi Gallery " I-IV. The first generation of beverages classified under this term artists studied at Goldsmiths College, London, the second came primarily from the Royal College of Art in London.

The term Young British Artists sat only retrospectively through today and refers to a closed period, which roughly covers the 1990s. "There were no manifestos, no official formation of a group names YBA, yet there is in retrospect a consensus about who and why is one of them."

"In addition, the participation of Freeze, further selbstkuratierten group exhibitions around 1990 (Modern Medic, Gambler, East Country Yard Show) and / or one of six with " Young British Artists " titled Exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery reason to get the label YBA. However, to take Saatchi's collection as a maxim, is tricky because this repeatedly resold works, the collection that is not constant includes works of the same artist. Halfway defined by school, Saatchi and exhibitions, YBAS were also honored with prices: between 1992 and 1999 were five artists who are counted among the YBAs, the main British Newcomer Award > Turner Prize ', also were almost ten nominated ".

In 1988 organized artists under the direction of 22 -year-old art student Damien Hirst exhibition " Freeze" in London's Docklands, which applies retrospectively as the birth of the YBA phenomenon, then remained almost unnoticed. However, it was filmed by the BBC, the film was later broadcast several times. Finally, the exhibition " Sensation" followed in 1997.

The group was sponsored by the collector Charles Saatchi. He visited the exhibition " Freeze" and began to collect the works of the artists.

Members

  • Steven Adamson
  • Angela Bulloch (born 1966 )
  • Mat Collishaw ( b. 1966 )
  • Ian Davenport (born 1966 )
  • Dominic Denis ( b. 1963 )
  • Tracey Emin ( b. 1963 )
  • Angus Fairhurst (1966-2008)
  • Anya Gallaccio ( b. 1963 )
  • Liam Gillick (born 1964 )
  • Damien Hirst ( b. 1965 )
  • Gary Hume ( b. 1962 )
Freeze (art exhibition) London Docklands Sensation (art exhibition)
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