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Body: new art from the uk

07/01/2005 00:00:00 The British CouncilISBN:
  • 9781895442519
Subject(s): Summary: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver), 28 May - 5 Sept. 2005; Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, 25 Nov. 2005 - 5 Feb. 2006; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, 8 April - 4 June 2006; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, 23 June - 3 Sept. 2006; Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, 28 Oct. 2006 - 14 Jan. 2007. Contents Partial contents Includes works by Fiona Banner, Martin Boyce, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tacita Dean, Tracey Emin, Douglas Gordon, Sarah Lucas, Cornelia Parker, Sam Taylor-Wood, Rebecca Warren, Gillian Wearing, Cathy Wilkes, and Carey Young. This catalogue contains essays by Bruce Grenville and Douglas Coupland; artists' biographies by Colin Ledwith; and forewords by Kathleen S. Bartels, Peter Chenery and Brett Rogers. It is co-published by Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council. ; Mixed media. This catalogue contains essays by Bruce Grenville and Douglas Coupland; artists' biographies by Colin Ledwith; forewords by Kathleen S. Bartels, Peter Chenery and Brett Rogers. Co-published by Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council, this catalogue has been published to accompany a British Council exhibition touring to five venues throughout Canada. This exhibition explores new contemporary works by 14 influential artists whose principal focus is the human body. Emerging in the 1990s, the aggressive, in-your-face attitude of these artists united the forces of British youth culture, mass marketing and high art.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver), 28 May - 5 Sept. 2005; Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, 25 Nov. 2005 - 5 Feb. 2006; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, 8 April - 4 June 2006; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, 23 June - 3 Sept. 2006; Art Gallery Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, 28 Oct. 2006 - 14 Jan. 2007. Contents Partial contents Includes works by Fiona Banner, Martin Boyce, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tacita Dean, Tracey Emin, Douglas Gordon, Sarah Lucas, Cornelia Parker, Sam Taylor-Wood, Rebecca Warren, Gillian Wearing, Cathy Wilkes, and Carey Young. This catalogue contains essays by Bruce Grenville and Douglas Coupland; artists' biographies by Colin Ledwith; and forewords by Kathleen S. Bartels, Peter Chenery and Brett Rogers. It is co-published by Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council. ; Mixed media. This catalogue contains essays by Bruce Grenville and Douglas Coupland; artists' biographies by Colin Ledwith; forewords by Kathleen S. Bartels, Peter Chenery and Brett Rogers. Co-published by Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Council, this catalogue has been published to accompany a British Council exhibition touring to five venues throughout Canada. This exhibition explores new contemporary works by 14 influential artists whose principal focus is the human body. Emerging in the 1990s, the aggressive, in-your-face attitude of these artists united the forces of British youth culture, mass marketing and high art.