Brilliant!

Cover of Brilliant! exhibition catalogue showing image of the aftermath of the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing in London by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

Brilliant! was a group exhibition of contemporary art held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA between 22 October 1995 and 7 January 1996.[1][2] The exhibition then traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas - where it was on view between 17 February and 14 April 1996.[3]

Theme and content

The exhibition sought to showcase a burgeoning group of English artists now known as the YBAs.[4] The Walker's press material, defining the criteria for selection of artists in the exhibition, says:

The artists chosen for the exhibition have become increasingly visible over the past six years in self-promoted, renegade exhibitions and publications that have cropped up throughout London. Their aesthetically diverse and provocative artworks are united by a shared interest in ephemeral materials, unconventional presentation, and an anti-authoritarian stance that lends their objects a youthful, aggressive vitality.[5]

Exhibited artists

References

  1. ↑ Sarah Lyall "Is it art or is it just dead meat?" The New York Times, Nov, 12, 1995
  2. ↑ Roberta Smith, "Some British moderns seeking to shock." New York Times, 23 November 1995]
  3. ↑ "Brilliant! New Art from London". Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Bush, Kate. "Young British art: Kate Bush on the YBA sensation", Artforum, October 2004. Retrieved from findarticles.com, 2 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Original Walker Press Release
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