The Young British Artists, or YBAs — also referred to as Brit artists and Britart — is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988. Many of the artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths, in the late-1980s.
The scene began around a series of artist-led exhibitions held in warehouses and factories, beginning in 1988 with the Damien Hirst-led Freeze and, in 1990, East Cou...
More
Read article at Wikipedia
Exhibitions created about this subject:
Associated artists:
- Sam Taylor-Wood ,
- Tracey Emin ,
- Mark Wallinger ,
- Jake and Dinos Chapman ,
- Damien Hirst ,
- Angus Fairhurst ,
- Julie Brook ,
- Angela Bulloch ,
- Mat Collishaw ,
- Ian Davenport
Associated artworks:
- Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 ,
- For the Love of God ,
- My Bed ,
- State Britain ,
- The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living ,
- October 26 1993
Also known as:
- Britartists
