Growing Up: The Young British Artists at 50 /anglais - Couverture rigide

Cooper, Jeremy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3791347020 ISBN 13 : 9783791347028

Editeur : Prestel, 2012

Synopsis

Profiled for the first time as an intimate group, this book provides a personal account of the meteoric success of the yBas and of the often painful realities of the contemporary art world.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

[Growing Up: The Young British Artists at 50 is] a doting portrait of a scene that went from the pub to the world stage without sobering up... it makes for an educational, entertaining read! With great photos! --Dazed and Confused April 2012

The book is an authoritative, focused examination of the working practice of these five artists [Anya Gallaccio, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Michael Landy and Sarah Lucas] as well as of their professional and personal histories, utilising firsthand accounts, archived records, interviews and texts to compile an all-encompassing overview of each of the artists. --Aesthetica April/ May 2012

Growing Up: The Young British Artists at 50... explores their collective legacy when they transformed the art world in the 1990's, staging dramatic exhibitions, typically in disused warehouse or factory spaces rather than commercial galleries... It is their history told by someone who was there at the time and is familiar with their work and knew several of the artists personally. --Lamp, April 2012

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book provides a personal, intimate account of the meteoric success of the young British artists and of the often painful realities of the contemporary art world. Arguably the most ambition artists of their generation, the yBas came to prominence in the early 1990s when, acting as their own curators, they staged dramatic exhibitions in various neglected spaces throughout Britain. The following decades saw periods of enormous success and at times bitter failure. Now five of the most prominent members of the group-Anya Gallaccio, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, and Sarah Lucas-are profiled in this collective portrait. Based on personal interviews by Jeremy cooper and on his years of close observation of the London art world, this book includes his insightful commentary as well previously unpublished photographs and letters. The result is a fascinating combination of biography and art history that both traces the yBas' collective legacy and contemplates their individual futures.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Prestel
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3791347020
• ISBN 13: 9783791347028
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176