The Cultural Devolution: Art in Britain in the Late Twentieth Century (British Art and Visual Culture Since 1750 New Readings)

In This Polemical Book, Neil Mulholland Charts The Political And Cultural Shifts In Art In Britain From The Mid-1970s To The End Of The Twentieth Century. His Account Covers The Key Trends And Artists Of This Extraordinary Diverse Period, Including Critical Postmodern, Feminism, Neoconservatism, Object Sculpture, The New Image, Brit Art, And Scottish Neoconceptualism, And Traces The Development Of Critical Thinking From The Opinions Of Critics Such As Richard Cork, John Roberts And Matthew Collings To Tabloid Press Art Scandals. The Cultural Devolution Offers A Broad Critical And Historical Framework Within Which To Understand Public Debate On The Merits Of Young British Artists Such As Damien Hirst While Looking Beyond Such Celebrities To Rediscover The Wealth And Range Of Work Produced. Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In Contemporary Art In Britain.--jacket. 1 The British Art Crisis 5 -- 2 Radical Academicism 31 -- 3 Dynamic Perversity 55 -- 4 The Shock Of The Old 79 -- 5 Who Am I? Where Am I Going? How Much Will It Cost? Will I Need Any Luggage? 105 -- 6 Art After Britain? 131. Neil Mulholland. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [187]-212) And Index. What happerned to art in Britain when the balance began to shift from public to private subsidy following the IMF crisis in 1976? In this polemical book, Neil Mulholland charts the political and cultural shifts in art in Britain from the mid-1970s to the end of the 20th century. His account covers the key trends and artists of this extraordinarily diverse period, including critical postmodernism, feminism, neoconservatism, object sculpture, the new image, Brit Art and Scottish neoconceptualism, and traces the development of critical thinking from the opinions of critics such as Richard Cork, John Roberts and Matthew Collings to tabloid press art scandals. The book offers a broad critical and historical framework within which to understand public debate on the merits of young British artists such as Damien Hirst while looking beyond such celebrities to re-discover the wealth and range of work produced. "In this polemical book, Neil Mulholland charts the political and cultural shifts in art in Britain from the mid-1970s to the end of the twentieth century. His account covers the key trends and artists of this extraordinary diverse period, including critical postmodern, feminism, neoconservatism, object sculpture, the New Image, Brit Art, and Scottish neoconceptualism, and traces the development of critical thinking from the opinions of critics such as Richard Cork, John Roberts and Matthew Collings to tabloid press art scandals. The Cultural Devolution offers a broad critical and historical framework within which to understand public debate on the merits of young British artists such as Damien Hirst while looking beyond such celebrities to rediscover the wealth and range of work produced. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary art in Britain."--BOOK JACKET What happened to art in Britain when the balance began to shift from public to private subsidy following the IMF crisis in 1976? The author charts the political and cultural shifts in art in Britain from the mid-1970s to the end of the 20th century, covering key trends and artists. The Cultural Devolution primarily focuses on the indeterminate relationships between institutions and practical/theoretical shifts in the British artworld from 1975 to the end of 2000.