Contemporary British Art

Never, according to an article by the art critic Louisa Buck in the Evening Standard magazine last year, has the following quotation from US Museum Director Thomas Hoving, seemed more apt: Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!
This book will provide an intr [...]
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Never, according to an article by the art critic Louisa Buck in the Evening Standard magazine last year, has the following quotation from US Museum Director Thomas Hoving, seemed more apt: Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!
This book will provide an introduction to British art, in all its money-sexy glory, from the YBAs to the present. Grant Pooke's study explores key themes in British art practice: autobiographical art, the abject, mutability and death, through a discussion of the work of key artists and art movements, including Michael Landy, Lucian Freud, Sam Taylor-Wood, Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread and Anthony Gormley. A range of art forms, from painting and sculpture to video and installation art will be addressed.