High Art Lite: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art (Revised and Expanded edition) - Softcover

Julian Stallabrass

 
9781844670857: High Art Lite: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art (Revised and Expanded edition)

Synopsis

This searing book has become the authoritative account of the new British art of the 1990s, its legacy in the 21st century, and what it tells us about the fate of high art as a whole in contemporary society. High Art Lite provides a sustained analysis of the phenomenal success of YBAs, young British artists obsessed with commerce, mass media and the cult of personality - Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marcus Harvey and Sarah Lucas, among others. In this fully revised and expanded edition, Julian Stallabrass explores how YBA lost its critical immunity in the new millennium, and looks at the ways in which figures such as Hirst, Emin, Wearing and Landy have altered their work in recent years.

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About the Author

Julian Stallabrass is Reader in art history as the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. His other books include Gargantua: Manufactured Mass Culture, Internet Art: The Online Clash of Culture and Commerce and Art Incorporated.

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