yba

Example Sentences

• "Clarity of purpose was never a YBA trademark, yet the only serious challenge to Hirst's leadership has come from someone who expresses her incoherence rather more lucidly than Hirst."
• "Interestingly, the first work by a YBA (Young British Artist) to enter the collection was purchased from d'Offay […]"
• "The YBAs created a new and accessible fusion of pop and conceptualism that had the distinctively British feel of an indie band."
• "To their critics, the YBAs, with their emphasis on sex, sensationalism and shock tactics, were doing little more than copying the tactics of the ad agencies."
• "The gold rush had begun with the YBAs in the 90s and was driven by cash from the former Soviet Union, the dotcom boom, the explosion in PR know-how, and opportunistic collectors such as Charles Saatchi."
• "And the biggest thing was I didn’t want to die being some mediocre YBA artist from the 90s. I thought: that’s not me. What have I been doing?"