Brilliant!
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Brilliant!was a group exhibition of contemporary art held at theWalker Art Center,Minneapolis, USA between 22 October 1995 and 7 January 1996.[1][2]It traveled to theContemporary Arts Museum Houston,Texas, where it was on view between 17 February and 14 April 1996.[3]
Theme and content
[edit]The exhibition sought to showcase a burgeoning group of English artists now known as theYBAs.[4]The Walker's press material, defining the criteria for selection of artists in the exhibition, says:
The artists chosen for the exhibition have become increasingly visible over the past six years in self-promoted, renegade exhibitions and publications that have cropped up throughout London. Their aesthetically diverse and provocative artworks are united by a shared interest in ephemeral materials, unconventional presentation, and an anti-authoritarian stance that lends their objects a youthful, aggressive vitality.[5]
Exhibited artists
[edit]- Henry Bond
- Glenn Brown
- Jake and Dinos Chapman
- Adam Chodzko
- Mat Collishaw
- Tracey Emin
- Angus Fairhurst
- Anya Gallaccio
- Liam Gillick
- Damien Hirst
- Gary Hume
- Michael Landy
- Abigail Lane
- Sarah Lucas
- Chris Ofili
- Steven Pippin
- Alessandro Raho
- Georgina Starr
- Sam Taylor-Wood
- Gillian Wearing
- Rachel Whiteread
References
[edit]- ^Sarah Lyall"Is it art or is it just dead meat?"The New York Times,Nov, 12, 1995
- ^[1]Roberta Smith, "Some British moderns seeking to shock."The New York Times,23 November 1995]
- ^"Brilliant! New Art from London".Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.Retrieved16 July2018.
- ^Bush, Kate. "Young British art: Kate Bush on the YBA sensation",Artforum,October 2004. Retrieved fromfindarticles,2 April 2010.
- ^"Original Walker Press Release".Archived fromthe originalon 10 June 2011.Retrieved11 March2010.