Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection

by Brooks Adams, Lisa Jardine, Martin Maloney

Presenting the work of young British artists from the Saatchi Collection, this volume features work by over 40 of the most radical artists working in Britain in the 1990s. Essays analyse the phenomenon of the British art scene from the late 1980s, assessing the critical reaction of the work, placing it in its historical context, and revealing the startling achievements of these young artists in Britain and the role played by imaginative and courageous patronage. The book features the work Darren Almond; Richard Billingham; Glenn Brown; Simon Callery; Dinos and Jake Chapman; Adam Chodzko; Mat Collishaw; Keith Coventry; Pete Davies; Tracey Emin; Paul Finnegan; Mark Francis; Alex Hartley; Marcus Harvey; Mona Hatoum; Damien Hirst; Gary Hume; Michael Landy; Abigail Lane; Langlands and Bell; Sarah Lucas; Martin Maloney; Jason Martin; Alain Miller; Ron Mueck; Chris Ofili; Jonathan Parsons; Richard Patterson; Simon Patterson; Hadrian Pigott; Marc Quinn; Fiona Rae; James Reilly; Jenny Saville; Yinka Shonibare; Jane Simpson; Sam Taylor Wood; Gavin Turk; Mark Wallinger; Gillian Wearing; Rachel Whiteread; and Cerith Wyn Evans.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

There is more than one person in the Goodreads catalog with this name. This entry is for Brooks ^2 Adams.

Reviews

[Lebby]

Tracy Emin slayed (idk how to rate a school book)

[Bethan]

I loved looking through this book when I was doing GCSE art at school. The book was presented really well and showed me an edgy new world of art. For all of the criticism of contemporary art (to be fair, plenty of contemporary art does seem to be junk, but I also think it's because it hasn't been sorted through and sifted to find what's good or not yet) this Saatchi 'Sensation' collection was tremendous. I thought it was very challenging - as the title suggests, there was much to shock about it (mutilated dolls, explicit sex, pickled animals, etc) - and had the 'buzz' of breaking new ground about it.

[Chris Allan]

An amazing glut of British talent that changed everything.

[Stephanie (Stepping Out Of The Page)]

A great selection of work from the legendary Sensation exhibition. Well displayed and interesting. A great collection for those interested in modern art.