Blast to freeze : British art in the 20th century /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Hughes, Henry Meyric. Tuyl, Gijs van. |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. Abattoirs (Museum complex) |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German French |
| Imprint: | Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany : Hatje Cantz ; New York : D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers [distributor in the U.S.], [2002] |
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| Summary: | It was a sensation, indeed, when the young British artists took over the art scene in the 1990s. But what came before them? With works from more than 100 artists, Blast to Freeze traces the epoch-making art movements of an entire British century, from the outbreak of World War I to the collapse of the Soviet Union, beginning and ending with a decided break from the traditional. In 1914 a group of young British artists, the Vorticists, in their avant-garde journal Blast , propagated a style that blended influences from French cubism and Italian futurism into an independent British modernism. In turn, mavericks such as Henry Moore and Francis Bacon are unthinkable without the British primitivists and surrealists of the 20s and 30s. The specifically British brand of pop art began with the legendary exhibitions of the Independent Group in the 50s, and in the 80s, new British sculpture emerged, represented by important proponents such as Tony Cragg and Antony Gormley. The YBAs, presented to the world in the exhibition Freeze , jointly organized by Damien Hirst and friends in the London Docklands in 1988, brings the survey to a close. |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Blast to Freeze, Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 14 September 2002 - 19 January 2003, and "Blast to Freeze, British Art in the 20th Century," Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, 24 February - 11 May 2003. |
| Physical Description: | 359 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) |
| ISBN: | 3775712488 |