Young British Artists (YBAs)

The Young British Artists (YBAs), otherwise known as Brit artists or Britart, are a group of British visual artists. The first group exhibition that is now associated with the movement took place in 1988 in London. The majority of the featured artists were graduates from the BA Fine Arts course at Goldsmiths university. Led by Damien Hirst, the first exhibition gained a large amount of public attention. It was titled Freeze and took place in an empty fire station in London Docklands. The exhibition was bold, provocative and artist-led, setting the standard for subsequent exhibitions and how the group would come to be recognized in the art world. The group caught the attention of art collector Charles Saatchi from this first event, who went on to support and collect the works of many of the group's artists.

Although the group of artists associated with the YBAs was not fixed, and has changed consistently since the movement's inception, some of the leading figures of the movement include Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Some of the most famous works to be produced by the group are Hirst's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, which is a shark preserved in a glass tank in formaldehyde, and Emin's My Bed, a messy, unmade double bed surrounded by clutter. Join Artsper and find artists who are part of the Young British Artists group, or find inspiration in their innovative and daring works.

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Young British Artists (YBAs)

Wrapped Christmas Goat

Skull Spin Painting

The empresses - Suiko

Suiko (The Empresses, H10-4)

Theodora (The Empresses, H10-3)

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Hollow White

Eroded Astronaut

The Hours Spin Skull

Cerveaux de petits mammifères

Hollow Mikey (Grey)

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Papio sphynx - 1932-205

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Crystal Relic 002 Game Boy

Futur Relic Lettres

Factory relic 09

Equilibre

Diaquarelle n°110

Diaquarelle n°142

Diaquarelle n°11

Grand tableau long n°2

Eroded Safari

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Wild sand

Future Relic 07 - Cassette Player

Open the Cage

Eroded attaché

Histrix lo quanda - A13406

Bocaux anatomiques n°40

Bocaux anatomiques n°29

Bocaux anatomiques n°24

Beautiful painting

Eroded 911 turbo

Empresses: Suiko H10-4

Melo Magenta en Si menor

Osadía

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High III

High I

High II

Here I come again

I want you again

Too much confusion

Raining in your bedroom

Yang

Yin

And I feel

Something got me started

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Poisons - Self Portrait X-Ray

House Spin Painting

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It's a crime to live with the person you don't love

Crystalized Charmander Relic

The Beautiful paintings

Beautiful, Newly Dented, Very Droll, Warmly

Psalm: Diligam te, Domine

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Future Relic 7 - Sony Cassete Player

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