Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s

This paper shows that sculptors attracted much of the attention that was paid to emerging British artists during the 1980s. The group of young artists represented by the Lisson Gallery and collectively referred to at the time as the “New British Sculptors” were particularly successful in gaining cov...

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Main Author: Nick Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yale University 2016-07-01
Series:British Art Studies
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Online Access:http://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-3/new-sculpture
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description This paper shows that sculptors attracted much of the attention that was paid to emerging British artists during the 1980s. The group of young artists represented by the Lisson Gallery and collectively referred to at the time as the “New British Sculptors” were particularly successful in gaining coverage.
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spelling doaj.art-1df416e0584f491581fae16ff592f3502022-12-21T18:30:35ZengYale UniversityBritish Art Studies2058-54622016-07-01310.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-03/nbakerExpanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980sNick Baker0Independent ResearcherThis paper shows that sculptors attracted much of the attention that was paid to emerging British artists during the 1980s. The group of young artists represented by the Lisson Gallery and collectively referred to at the time as the “New British Sculptors” were particularly successful in gaining coverage.http://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-3/new-sculptureLisson GalleryCraggDeaconKapoorWoodrowWebbBibliography of the History of Artand Arts & Humanities Citation Index.British artsculptureart marketstatistical analysis
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Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s
British Art Studies
Lisson Gallery
Cragg
Deacon
Kapoor
Woodrow
Webb
Bibliography of the History of Art
and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
British art
sculpture
art market
statistical analysis
title Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s
title_full Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s
title_fullStr Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s
title_full_unstemmed Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s
title_short Expanding the Field: How the “New Sculpture” put British Art on the Map in the 1980s
title_sort expanding the field how the new sculpture put british art on the map in the 1980s
topic Lisson Gallery
Cragg
Deacon
Kapoor
Woodrow
Webb
Bibliography of the History of Art
and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
British art
sculpture
art market
statistical analysis
url http://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-3/new-sculpture
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