New British Sculpture

Twin Tub With Guitar (1981) by Bill Woodrow

Years active| early 1980s
Location| United Kingdom
Major figures| Stephen Cox, Tony Cragg, Barry Flanagan, Antony Gormley, Richard Deacon, Shirazeh Houshiary, Anish Kapoor, Alison Wilding, Bill Woodrow.[1]

New British Sculpture is the name given to the work of a group of artists, sculptors and installation artists who began to exhibit together in London, England, in the early 1980s, including Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Shirazeh Houshiary, and Richard Wentworth.[1]

Tim Woods has characterized the movement by identifying four major themes, "(a) a synthesis of pop and kitsch, (b) a bricolage (assemblage) of the decaying UK urban environment and the waste of consumer society, (c) an exploration of the way in which objects are assigned meanings, and (d) a play of colour, wit and humour."[2] An early champion was art dealer Nicholas Logsdail who exhibited many of the artists at his Lisson Gallery.

## Artists

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* Edward Allington
* Stephen Cox
* Grenville Davey
* Richard Deacon
* Barry Flanagan
* Anthony Gormley
* Shirazeh Houshiary
* Anish Kapoor
* Julian Opie
* Boyd Webb
* Richard Wentworth
* Rachel Whiteread
* Alison Wilding
* Bill Woodrow

## References

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1. ^ a b Tate Collection New British Sculpture
2. ^ Tim Woods, Beginning Postmodernism (Manchester: MUP, 1999), p.126. Preview available on Amazon reader

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New British Sculpture

Artists|

* Edward Allington
* Stephen Cox
* Tony Cragg
* Grenville Davey
* Richard Deacon
* Barry Flanagan
* Antony Gormley
* Shirazeh Houshiary
* Anish Kapoor
* Julian Opie
* Boyd Webb
* Richard Wentworth
* Alison Wilding
* Bill Woodrow

Influences|

* Art & Language
* Conceptual art

Galleries|

* Lisson Gallery

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