2. UK – the last decade
What were our artists up to when the wall fell?
Brit pop
Brit popular politics
Brit art
3. Brit art what was it?
“Young, new, dynamic, cocky, cockney, rebellious
(but not too rebellious, not too political, or too
angry) sexy, successful, scandalous (in just the
way that attracts the media and draws the crowds)
and above all profitable and British”
John Molyneux - The Guardian
4. Popular and profitable and showing in galleries now!
Tracy Emin - 1997 Sensation Royal Academy
20. Do we need to notice it?
There is art everywhere
• Wealth
• Lowest levels of unemployment
• National lottery funding
• Tate modern - highest visited
• Precious leisure time
• Media
• Visual – TV v Radio
• Home makeover
• Urban renewal