Brilliant!

This article is about contemporary art exhibition group. For other uses, see Brilliant (disambiguation).

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] It traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, where it was on view between 17 February and 14 April 1996.[3]

## Theme and content

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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

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* Henry Bond
* Glenn Brown
* Jake and Dinos Chapman
* Adam Chodzko
* Mat Collishaw
* Tracey Emin
* Angus Fairhurst
* Anya Gallaccio
* Liam Gillick
* Damien Hirst
* Gary Hume
* Michael Landy
* Abigail Lane
* Sarah Lucas
* Chris Ofili
* Steven Pippin
* Alessandro Raho
* Georgina Starr
* Sam Taylor-Wood
* Gillian Wearing
* Rachel Whiteread

## References

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1. ^ Sarah Lyall "Is it art or is it just dead meat?" The New York Times, Nov, 12, 1995
2. ^ [1] Roberta Smith, "Some British moderns seeking to shock." The 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". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

## External links

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* Curator Richard Flood bio.

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Young British Artists

Artists|

* Fiona Banner
* Henry Bond
* Christine Borland
* Glenn Brown
* Angela Bulloch
* Jake and Dinos Chapman
* Adam Chodzko
* Mat Collishaw
* Ian Davenport
* Tacita Dean
* Tracey Emin
* Angus Fairhurst
* Nick Fudge
* Anya Gallaccio
* Liam Gillick
* Douglas Gordon
* Marcus Harvey
* Damien Hirst
* Gary Hume
* Michael Landy
* Abigail Lane
* Chris Ofili
* Sarah Lucas
* Stephen Park
* Richard Patterson
* Simon Patterson
* Steven Pippin
* Marc Quinn
* Fiona Rae
* Alessandro Raho
* Jenny Saville
* Georgina Starr
* Sam Taylor-Johnson
* Gavin Turk
* Gillian Wearing
* Rachel Whiteread
* Jane and Louise Wilson

Teachers|

* Basil Beattie
* Helen Chadwick
* Michael Craig-Martin
* Ian Jeffrey
* Jon Thompson
* Mark Wallinger
* Richard Wentworth

Influences|

* Art & Language
* Art in Ruins
* Conceptual art
* Gilbert & George
* Jeff Koons
* John Stezaker
* Andy Warhol
* Lawrence Weiner

Artworks|

* 24 Hour Psycho
* Break Down
* Bullet Hole
* Documents Series
* Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995
* For the Love of God
* House
* My Bed
* Myra
* No Woman No Cry
* 26 October 1993
* The Upper Room
* Tense
* The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

Shows|

* Brilliant!
* East Country Yard Show
* Freeze
* Modern Medicine
* Sensation

Curators|

* Joshua Compston
* Carl Freedman
* Gregor Muir
* Norman Rosenthal
* Jon Thompson

Galleries|

* Anthony d'Offay Gallery
* Curtain Road Arts
* City Racing
* Gagosian Gallery
* Karsten Schubert Gallery
* Lisson Gallery
* Maureen Paley
* Saatchi Gallery
* Sadie Coles HQ
* South London Gallery
* Victoria Miro Gallery
* White Cube

Collectors|

* Bernard Arnault
* Janet Wolfson de Botton
* Eli Broad
* Frank Cohen
* Steven A. Cohen
* Dakis Joannou
* Pauline Karpidas
* George Michael
* Jose Mugrabi
* François Pinault
* Miuccia Prada
* Charles Saatchi
* Jack Wendler
* Poju and Anita Zabludowicz

Advocates|

* Louisa Buck
* Matthew Collings
* Richard Cork
* Andrew Graham-Dixon
* Sarah Kent
* Stuart Morgan
* Norman Rosenthal
* Sir Nicholas Serota
* Matthew Slotover

Opponents|

* BANK
* Billy Childish
* James Heartfield
* Matthew Higgs
* David Lee
* Brian Sewell
* Julian Stallabrass
* Stuckists
* Charles Thomson

See also|

* Conceptual art
* Frieze Art Fair
* Momart
* Post-YBAs
* Turner Prize

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