YBAs

E501328

art movement artist group

YBAs (Young British Artists) were a loosely affiliated group of provocative UK artists emerging in the late 1980s and 1990s, known for their shock tactics, conceptual works, and dominance of the contemporary art scene.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
YBAs canonical	4
YBA	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art movement ⓘ artist group ⓘ
activePeriodPeak	1990s ⓘ
activePeriodStart	late 1980s ⓘ
artisticFocus	conceptual art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ
associatedWith	Britart NERFINISHED ⓘ Cool Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ Freeze (1988 exhibition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Goldsmiths, University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ Saatchi Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Sensation (1997 exhibition) NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectorSupport	strongly supported by Charles Saatchi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedFor	commercialism ⓘ reliance on shock value ⓘ sensationalism ⓘ
educationBackground	many members studied at Goldsmiths in the 1980s ⓘ
era	late 20th century art ⓘ
fullName	Young British Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicCenter	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	British contemporary art ⓘ international perception of UK art ⓘ
influencedBy	American contemporary art market practices ⓘ conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ postmodernism ⓘ
legacy	institutional acceptance of once-controversial works in major museums ⓘ model for artist-led exhibitions and self-organization ⓘ
marketImpact	helped drive high auction prices for contemporary British art ⓘ
movementType	loosely affiliated group ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	dominance of UK contemporary art scene in the 1990s ⓘ entrepreneurial approach to art ⓘ media-savvy self-promotion ⓘ shock tactics ⓘ use of provocative imagery ⓘ use of unconventional materials ⓘ
notableMember	Chris Ofili NERFINISHED ⓘ Damien Hirst NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake and Dinos Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Taylor-Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracey Emin NERFINISHED ⓘ
praisedFor	challenging traditional definitions of art ⓘ raising international profile of UK artists ⓘ revitalizing British art ⓘ
typicalMedium	conceptual works ⓘ installation art ⓘ mixed media ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
typicalTheme	celebrity ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ death ⓘ taboo subjects ⓘ the body ⓘ violence ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saatchi Gallery → knownFor → YBAs ⓘ

Young British Artists → mediaLabel → YBAs ⓘ

Young British Artists → alsoKnownAs → YBAs ⓘ

Britart → hasAbbreviation → YBAs ⓘ

this entity surface form: YBA

Charles Saatchi → associatedWith → YBAs ⓘ