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High Art Lite The Rise and Fall of Young British Art

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ISBN-10: 1844670856

ISBN-13: 9781844670857

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Julian Stallabrass

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A scathing and incisive critique of the contemporary art world, in an updated new edition. This extensively illustrated book is a lacerating account of the new British art scene which emerged in the 1990s, its legacy in the 21st century, and what it tells us about the fate of high art in contemporary society. High Art Lite takes a critical look at the phenomenal success of YBA, young British artists obsessed with commerce, mass media and the cult of personalityDamien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marcus Harvey, Sarah Lucas, among othersand questions whether their success is at the price of dumbing down and selling out. In a new chapter, Stallabrass explains how YBA lost its…    
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Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 11/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.10" wide x 7.80" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Julian Stallabrass is Professor of Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. He is the author of Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art, High Art Lite: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art, and other books.

List of illustrations/picture credits
Acknowledgements
Preface to the new edition
Introduction
Rising from recession
Famous for being famous
Artist-curators and the 'alternative' scene
Dumb and dumber?
Playing for time
That's entertainment
The market and the state
Saatchi and Sensation
Everything you want
The Britishness of British art
The decline and fall of art criticism
The fate of high art lite
Notes
References
Index