Young British Artists (YBAs)
The Young British Artists (YBAs), otherwise known as Brit artists or Britart, are a group of British visual artists. The first group exhibition that is now associated with the movement took place in 1988 in London. The majority of the featured artists were graduates from the BA Fine Arts course at Goldsmiths university. Led by Damien Hirst, the first exhibition gained a large amount of public attention. It was titled Freeze and took place in an empty fire station in London Docklands. The exhibition was bold, provocative and artist-led, setting the standard for subsequent exhibitions and how the group would come to be recognized in the art world. The group caught the attention of art collector Charles Saatchi from this first event, who went on to support and collect the works of many of the group's artists.
Although the group of artists associated with the YBAs was not fixed, and has changed consistently since the movement's inception, some of the leading figures of the movement include Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Some of the most famous works to be produced by the group are Hirst's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, which is a shark preserved in a glass tank in formaldehyde, and Emin's My Bed, a messy, unmade double bed surrounded by clutter. Join Artsper and find artists who are part of the Young British Artists group, or find inspiration in their innovative and daring works.
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Bleu c'est bleu 01.03.24
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
€290
Jaune c'est jaune
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
€290
Basquiat 03.03.24
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
€290
Colors 02.03.24
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 29 x 24 x 3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 9.4 x 1.2 inch
€290
Pinceau alu
Bernard Saint-Maxent
Painting - 52 x 60 x 10 cm Painting - 20.5 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
€1,500
Damien Hirst
Beautiful Self-Constitutive Vortex
Damien Hirst
Print - 23 x 23 x 2 cm Print - 9.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,300
The Currency : Assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine
Damien Hirst
Design - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Design - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€500
The currency: 6274. nobody should hear it
Damien Hirst
Painting - 21.5 x 30 cm Painting - 8.5 x 11.8 inch
€18,500
The Currency 1781- You don’t go all summer long
Damien Hirst
Painting - 20 x 30 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 inch
€53,000
Daniel Arsham
Wanted! Grand Palais, Signé
Daniel Arsham
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€700
Crystal relic 003
Daniel Arsham
Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.97 x 11.43 cm Sculpture - 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 inch
€3,195
Futur Relic 09 / Keyboard
Daniel Arsham
Sculpture - 10.2 x 101.6 x 27.9 cm Sculpture - 4 x 40 x 11 inch
€3,000
Sumit Mehndiratta
Drawing No. 453
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Composition No. 413
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 100 x 71 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28 x 1.2 inch
€1,600
Vibrant Hypnosis
Sumit Mehndiratta
Sculpture - 68 x 91 x 6 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 35.8 x 2.4 inch
€1,400
Heavenly Plants No.8
Sumit Mehndiratta
Photography - 114.3 x 83.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 45 x 33 x 2 inch
€1,100
Composition No. 447
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 183 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 72 x 0 inch
€1,000
Composition No. 454
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 91 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 35.8 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch
€1,400
Drawing 454
Sumit Mehndiratta
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€900
Yrjö Edelmann
Tracey Emin
Silkscreened beach towel
Tracey Emin
Design - 106.7 x 175.3 x 0.5 cm Design - 42 x 69 x 0.2 inch
€966
Kevin Krag
Long live the king
Kevin Krag
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
Something got me started
Kevin Krag
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
Raining in your bedroom
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
Too much confusion
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
I want you again
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
Here I come again
Kevin Krag
Photography - 81.3 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32 x 48 x 0.1 inch
€4,828
Stavros Kotsakis
Stéphane Belzère
Fixé long n°3
Stéphane Belzère
Painting - 62 x 372 x 2 cm Painting - 24.4 x 146.5 x 0.8 inch
€11,000
Cerveaux IRM (série 1 n°2)
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 19.7 inch
€500
Cerveaux IRM (série 2 n°4)
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 19.7 inch
€500
Cerveaux IRM (série 5 n°4)
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 19.7 inch
€500
Cerveaux IRM (série 9 n°4)
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 19.7 inch
€500
Diaqualune n°5
Stéphane Belzère
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€990
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus - 1916-38, 1931-741
Stéphane Belzère
Painting - 250 x 170 cm Painting - 98.4 x 66.9 inch
€16,000
Papio sphynx - 1932-205
Stéphane Belzère
Painting - 92 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
€5,600
Nicolas Delage
Flamme de Ré
Nicolas Delage
Sculpture - 280 x 100 x 40 cm Sculpture - 110.2 x 39.4 x 15.7 inch
€10,500