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Artrage!: The Inside Story of the BritArt Revolution
Elizabeth Fullerton
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Description for Artrage!: The Inside Story of the BritArt Revolution
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with all the key BritArt players and archival research, this title examines the individual characters, their relationships to one another, crucial events and seminal artworks, considering, the political, economic and artistic context of those years. Num Pages: 288 pages, 170 illustrations, 140 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1066.
The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988 with their attention-grabbing, ironic art. They exploded art-world conventions with brazen disdain. Dismissed as trivial gimmickry and praised for its witty energy, their art made a mark both on the art scene and on public consciousness that continues to reverberate today. Now, almost three decades after they emerged, Artrage! tells the story of the YBAs with the benefit of perspective, chronicling the group's rise to prominence from the landmark show `Freeze' curated by Damien Hirst, through the heyday of the ... Read more
The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988 with their attention-grabbing, ironic art. They exploded art-world conventions with brazen disdain. Dismissed as trivial gimmickry and praised for its witty energy, their art made a mark both on the art scene and on public consciousness that continues to reverberate today. Now, almost three decades after they emerged, Artrage! tells the story of the YBAs with the benefit of perspective, chronicling the group's rise to prominence from the landmark show `Freeze' curated by Damien Hirst, through the heyday of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500239445
SKU
9780500239445
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About Elizabeth Fullerton
Elizabeth Fullerton is an art historian with over 20 years experience as a journalist writing on art, culture, news and politics in Europe, the Middle East and Central America. Her articles have appeared in many international publications, including the Financial Times, the Independent, the Washington Post, the Sydney Herald and ARTnews.
Reviews for Artrage!: The Inside Story of the BritArt Revolution
'An excellent primer on the rise and fall, successes and failures of a moment in British art. It catches the brio of the people involved, charts the connections that they forged; the friendships, the fall-outs, the partner swapping ... and celebrates the art they created' - The Herald 'Back in the early 1990s, the British art world changed forever thanks ... Read more