A collection of work by radical artists in Britain. Essays analyse the British art scene from the late 1980s to the present day, assessing the critical reaction of the work and placing it in its historical context. Reveals the achievements of the young artists in Britain and the role played by patronage. Originally published in 1997.

The opening of the Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy in the late 1990s caused a public furore and a media frenzy, with journalists falling over themselves to comment on the shows controversial images. This catalog of that seminal exhibition features the work of over forty artists including Turner prize winners Damien Hirst.

The opening of the Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy in the late 1990s caused a public furore and a media frenzy, with both broadsheet and tabloid journalists falling over themselves to comment on the shows controversial images. This catalogue of that seminal exhibition features the work of over forty artists.

One of Britain's pre-eminent artists, Frank Auerbach has spent all of his adult life in London, and delights in the city's colours and forms. Both his oil paintings and his drawings reveal the intense observation and furious mark-making that he employs to arrive at the essence of his subjects. This book is published to accompany a major retrospective held at the Royal Academy of Arts to mark ...

A Retrospective.

Gary Wraggs' new paintings each have a very individual character and stylistic nuance.