YBA
Young British Art (YBA), or Britart, was founded in the 1980’s by a group of neo-conceptual artists led by Damien Hirst. The youthful, entrepreneurial talent of YBA developed at London’s Goldsmith College under the tutelage of conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin and Richard Wentworth, among others. Fueled by the shock-value of the spectacle, Britart lacks the traditional separation between media and art. YBA recalls the influences of Marcel Duchamp with its emphasis on the found object along with witty and unconventional representations of everyday life, and Joseph Beuys’ contemplation of the artist’s place in society. The genre encompasses a wide range of media including video, photography, painting, collage, sculpture and installation art, but does not feature a unified set of techniques. The 1988 exhibition "Freeze," curated and promoted by Hirst, pinpoints the official origin of the YBA group [9].
The rise of the YBA movement culminated in the "Sensation" exhibition in 1997. Presented at the Royal Academy of Art in London, and including work from Saatchi’s collection from 42 artists [9].
The term YBA was not coined until 1996 in Art Monthly magazine. It has become a historic term, as most of the YBAs were born in the mid-1960s. They are noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild-living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial." [10]
The rise of the YBA movement culminated in the "Sensation" exhibition in 1997. Presented at the Royal Academy of Art in London, and including work from Saatchi’s collection from 42 artists [9].
The term YBA was not coined until 1996 in Art Monthly magazine. It has become a historic term, as most of the YBAs were born in the mid-1960s. They are noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild-living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial." [10]
For The Love of God
Damien Hirst, 2007
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Damien Hirst, 2007
Platinum, Diamond, Human teet