Pictura Britannica: Art From Britain
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - softcover/card cover in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
At the height of the Young British Artists movement, Pictura Britannica: Art from Britain arrived as a landmark survey of the most provocative and culturally charged art scene in the world. This lavish exhibition catalogue chronicles the works of a generation of British artists who shook the international art world with their raw ambition, conceptual daring, and unflinching engagement with contemporary life — from Damien Hirst's confrontational installations to the visceral canvases of Jenny Saville. Assembled to accompany a major touring exhibition across Australia and New Zealand, the volume presents a comprehensive roster of artists who redefined the boundaries of what art could be, argue, and provoke. Far more than a catalogue, Pictura Britannica stands as a cultural document of a pivotal moment — the mid-1990s — when British art commanded global attention and institutional prestige in equal measure. With incisive critical essays and stunning full-colour reproductions, it illustrates the breadth and ambition of a movement that was simultaneously irreverent and deeply serious. For collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts of contemporary art history, this volume remains an indispensable record of a generation that permanently altered the cultural landscape — and whose influence continues to reverberate through galleries and auction houses to this day.
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Format: Paperback
Published: 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - softcover/card cover in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
At the height of the Young British Artists movement, Pictura Britannica: Art from Britain arrived as a landmark survey of the most provocative and culturally charged art scene in the world. This lavish exhibition catalogue chronicles the works of a generation of British artists who shook the international art world with their raw ambition, conceptual daring, and unflinching engagement with contemporary life — from Damien Hirst's confrontational installations to the visceral canvases of Jenny Saville. Assembled to accompany a major touring exhibition across Australia and New Zealand, the volume presents a comprehensive roster of artists who redefined the boundaries of what art could be, argue, and provoke. Far more than a catalogue, Pictura Britannica stands as a cultural document of a pivotal moment — the mid-1990s — when British art commanded global attention and institutional prestige in equal measure. With incisive critical essays and stunning full-colour reproductions, it illustrates the breadth and ambition of a movement that was simultaneously irreverent and deeply serious. For collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts of contemporary art history, this volume remains an indispensable record of a generation that permanently altered the cultural landscape — and whose influence continues to reverberate through galleries and auction houses to this day.