‘Newspeak: British Art Now' Saatchi Gallery
‘Newspeak:
British Art Now' Saatchi Gallery
‘Newspeak: British Art Now' is the first large-scale exhibition organized by the Saatchi Gallery in its new location in Chelsea. It presents us to a whole new generation of British artists, exactly 13 years after the controversial exhibition 'Sensation' which consecrated Hirst, hitherto completely unknown.
Saatchi Gallery repeats the experience and presents the second generation of British artists. Far are the famous Young British Artists (YBA's) and the controversial exhibition 'Sensation'. At that time, Charles Saatchi saw a perfect occasion to shock the viewer through a series of works that were considered as violent, disgusting and superficial, among many other qualifications. ‘Sensation’ intended to make shudder the viewers and rise in them a thoughtful reflection about gender, moral and cultural prejudice. And it did so without any limits. Chris Ofili caused a great scandal by presenting the Virgin surrounded by elephant excrement and clippings from pornographic magazines. Also generated enormous controversy a gigantic Marcus Harvey painting in which he depicted the image of Myra Hindley, the author, together with Ian Brady, of the rape and murder of five children. And in this same vein of irreverence, 92 creations of over 42 artists. From that exhibition sprouted some of the most sought-after artists as Damien Hirst. This is how Charles Saatchi became one of the most influential figures in contemporary art.
‘Newspeak: British Art Now' is the first large-scale exhibition organized by the Saatchi Gallery in its new location in Chelsea. It presents us to a whole new generation of British artists, exactly 13 years after the controversial exhibition 'Sensation' which consecrated Hirst, hitherto completely unknown.
Saatchi Gallery repeats the experience and presents the second generation of British artists. Far are the famous Young British Artists (YBA's) and the controversial exhibition 'Sensation'. At that time, Charles Saatchi saw a perfect occasion to shock the viewer through a series of works that were considered as violent, disgusting and superficial, among many other qualifications. ‘Sensation’ intended to make shudder the viewers and rise in them a thoughtful reflection about gender, moral and cultural prejudice. And it did so without any limits. Chris Ofili caused a great scandal by presenting the Virgin surrounded by elephant excrement and clippings from pornographic magazines. Also generated enormous controversy a gigantic Marcus Harvey painting in which he depicted the image of Myra Hindley, the author, together with Ian Brady, of the rape and murder of five children. And in this same vein of irreverence, 92 creations of over 42 artists. From that exhibition sprouted some of the most sought-after artists as Damien Hirst. This is how Charles Saatchi became one of the most influential figures in contemporary art.
The
new generation of artists – which many intend to rename in some manner, just as
they refer today to the MABA’s (Middle-Aged British Artists) to the former
generation of ‘Sensation’ – has avoided provoking that amount of scandal and
polemic. Thus, this artists don’t know each other, don’t share a sense of
humour nor esthetics, age or experience. Referring to what happened 13 years
ago with the Young British Artists, Charles Saatchi acknowledges that
“those years were unusual for artistic creation," and adds that artists
like them "probably will not appear again in some generations."
The artists presented by the collector bring us to reason with inventiveness, creativity, irony and humor about subjects such as class, consumerism, and the phenomenon of the culture of instant success. The exhibition features works on various formats, media, and techniques, with the exception of videoart. Something that seems very strange today, when the video has become one of the most important emerging languages. ‘Newspeak: British Art Now' shows that art has changed, but not the smell, power and influence of Charles Saatchi. The ironic Goshka Macuga installations already been Turner Prize-listed. And veteran John Wynne has achieved international reverberation through this exhibition, this is due to an audio installation that connects 300 speakers to a piano, emitting musical notes and echoes through a mechanism that works altogether with a vacuum cleaner. Also are outstanding the provocative pictures of Ged Quinn, the reinterpretation of the pop universe by Barry Reigate, or Jonathan Baldock enigmatic sculptures. The exposition includes more signatures: Hurvin Anderson, Karla Black, Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Pablo Bronstein, Steven Claydon, William Daniels, Matthew Darbyshire, Tim Ellis, Sigrid Holmwood, Iain Hetherington, Scott King, Littlewhitehead, Alastair MacKinven, Ryan Mosley, Rupert Norfolk, Mark Pearson, Peter Peri, Clunie Reid, Eugenie Scrase, Daniel Silver, Fergal Stapleton, Clare Stephenson, Phoebe Unwin Donald Urquhart and JohnWynne. Take good note of this list, because among them will emerge some of the names to follow the years to come.
‘Newspeak: British Art Now '
The title of the exhibition refers to Newspeak, the language created by George Orwell in his novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four Newspeak'. Orwell creates an extremely simplified version of English as the foundation of an authoritarian regime that is in its quest for dominating thinking. The exhibition departs from this Orwellian vision, but reinvented through the introduction of a new generation of artists with a new, rich and assorted language. ‘Newspeak: British Art Now’ demonstrates that unlike Newspeak, "the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller each year," the artistic language is continually expanding.
The artists presented by the collector bring us to reason with inventiveness, creativity, irony and humor about subjects such as class, consumerism, and the phenomenon of the culture of instant success. The exhibition features works on various formats, media, and techniques, with the exception of videoart. Something that seems very strange today, when the video has become one of the most important emerging languages. ‘Newspeak: British Art Now' shows that art has changed, but not the smell, power and influence of Charles Saatchi. The ironic Goshka Macuga installations already been Turner Prize-listed. And veteran John Wynne has achieved international reverberation through this exhibition, this is due to an audio installation that connects 300 speakers to a piano, emitting musical notes and echoes through a mechanism that works altogether with a vacuum cleaner. Also are outstanding the provocative pictures of Ged Quinn, the reinterpretation of the pop universe by Barry Reigate, or Jonathan Baldock enigmatic sculptures. The exposition includes more signatures: Hurvin Anderson, Karla Black, Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Pablo Bronstein, Steven Claydon, William Daniels, Matthew Darbyshire, Tim Ellis, Sigrid Holmwood, Iain Hetherington, Scott King, Littlewhitehead, Alastair MacKinven, Ryan Mosley, Rupert Norfolk, Mark Pearson, Peter Peri, Clunie Reid, Eugenie Scrase, Daniel Silver, Fergal Stapleton, Clare Stephenson, Phoebe Unwin Donald Urquhart and JohnWynne. Take good note of this list, because among them will emerge some of the names to follow the years to come.
‘Newspeak: British Art Now '
The title of the exhibition refers to Newspeak, the language created by George Orwell in his novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four Newspeak'. Orwell creates an extremely simplified version of English as the foundation of an authoritarian regime that is in its quest for dominating thinking. The exhibition departs from this Orwellian vision, but reinvented through the introduction of a new generation of artists with a new, rich and assorted language. ‘Newspeak: British Art Now’ demonstrates that unlike Newspeak, "the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller each year," the artistic language is continually expanding.
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