Young British Artists

Sensationalist, shocking, weird, nonsensical, brand, intellectual

YBAs

• “The term Young British Artists is derived from shows of that name staged at the Saatchi Gallery from 1992 onwards, which brought the artists to fame. It has become a historic term, as most of the YBAs are now in their forties. They are noted for “shock tactics”, use of throwaway materials and wild-living, and are (or were) associated with the Hoxton area of East London. They achieved considerable media coverage and dominated British art during the 1990s.”

 • The goldsmiths the graduating class of 1988 became known as the YBAs

• Similar to works from Dada Artists like Marcel Duchapm these artists paved the road for acceptance of contemporary art in Britian in the 1980s

• Works distinguishable by vulgar and shocking tactics . At time of economic recession , political progression and technological advancement with the creation of the world wide web these artists captured their society in their art

• At a time when conceptual art was of not much value in Britain

• economic downfall galleries refused to sponsor their exhibitions

• Self made exhibitions were then adapted resorting to the curation of the first exhibition freeze i

• Not much public interest was shown towards these exhibitions but Charles Satashi attended these and bought many works from Hirst and other YBA

Charles Saatchi painting by stuckist darren Udaiyan

Charles Saatchi is a British businessman and the co-founder  of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.. Charles is also known for his vast art collection and for owning Saatchi Gallery, and in particular for his sponsorship of the Young British Artists (YBAs), including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

Stuckist art movement

Billy Childish

Co founder of Stuckim with Charles Thomson1999Painter, film maker guitarist, photogrpher and prinmaker

Anti conceptual art Turner Prize Relationship with tracy emin

Artists/members/exhibitions

Original members Graduates of 88

Artists exhibited in FreezeSteven AdamsonAngela BullochMat CollishawIan DavenportAngus FairhurstAnya GallaccioDamien HirstGary HumeMichael LandyAbigail LaneSarah LucasLala Meredith-VulaRichard PattersonStephen ParkFiona Rae 

Sensation (1997) berlin, New York, ParisIn 1997 the Royal Academy, which has a reputation as a bastion of conservatism, staged a major, exhibition of their work, Sensation. The exhibition was actually a showing of Charles Saatchi’s private collection of their work, and he owned the major pieces

Freeze was in a cheap alternative space, a London Docklands admin block (usually referred to as a warehouse). The event resonated with the ‘Acid House’ warehouse rave scene prevalent at the time

One of its effects was to set the example of artist-as-curator (in the mid 1990s artist-run exhibition spaces and galleries became a feature of the London arts scene).

Damien Hirst

• Curator of the first YBA exhibit freeze during his 2nd year in 1988

• Created a brand for himself• Turner prize winner• Later works are criticized • Embraces Celebrity status • Riches living artist in Britain • Inspired from placement at a

hospital for preserving dead bodies waiting for burial or mumufication

•  The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a shark preserved in formaldehyde

• Damien hirts The ‘Medicine Cabinets’ created in his second year

• For the Love of God’2007 , a platinum skull set with diamonds,

• The 32 platinum plates making up ‘For the Love of God’ are set with 8,601 VVS to flawless pavé-set diamonds, weighing a massive 1,106.18 carats. The teeth inserted into the jaw are real and belong to the original skull. Sold for 30 August 2007, for £50 million

• 14 million to produce • Over the years his works have

netted him an estimated £350million fortune, with his He is worth an estimated £215million.

Damien Hirst

Butterflies and flowers and A thousand years

Tracey Emin My bed sold for 2 million at auction Feminist Works based on personal experiences Breaks boundaries between art and life and that of privacy Runner up for Turner prize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5ad44knPA

Everyone I've ever slept with

Exorcism The last paintings I’ve ever made 1996

Installation including 14 paintings, 78 drawings, 5 body prints, various painted and personal items, furniture, CDs, newspapers, magazines, kitchen and food supplies

Tracey Emin lived in a locked room in a gallery for fourteen days, with nothing but a lot of empty canvases and art materials, in an attempt to reconcile herself with paintings

Lonely shower in New York

Later works German expressionists Egon SchieleEdvard munchArtists inner state Painting from memories

Marcus Harvey Myra

Ian brady

Murderers

Chris offiliThe holy virgin mary

Sarah LucasTalks about femininity and often portrays human bodies with other objects

Works with found objects

Opposite of Damien Hirt’s celebrity status lives in isolation now

“macho but female, she creates an image of defiant femininity “

Sarah lucas Self-portrait with Fried Eggs 1996

And Got a Salmon On 1997

Legacy and Goldsmiths• http://

youtu.be/KIa-NtGV-ZM?t=1m15s

• most of the Young British Artists graduated from this collage in

• Allows students to work with a variety of media

• Freedom of artistic practices

• The YBAs left a legacy here

• New emerging artists and graduates are now following the footsteps of the old masters