New Art from London


The 1990s have witnessed an explosion of activity on the contemporary art scene in Britain, most of it focused on London. A number of artist-organised exhibitions in ‘non fine art’ settings, starting with Freeze, in 1988, have set the pace. These one-off, professionally organised, exhibitions achieved immediate notoriety and, together with the proliferation of publicly subverted, artist-run, not-for -profit galleries, have had the effect of inspiring the new generation with confidence in their own creative potential.

The leading figures of the last decade have included Damien Hirst, Mat Collishaw, Anya Gallaccio, Cornelia Parker, Gillian Wearing, Gary Hume, Tracey Emin, Douglas Gordon and Steve McQueen…




Henry Meyric Hughes