Young British Artists

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art movement artist group

Young British Artists is a loose group of provocative, concept-driven UK artists who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and 1990s, known for shock tactics, unconventional materials, and high-profile exhibitions.

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Label	Occurrences
Young British Artists canonical	90
Young British Artists movement	3
Young British Artists (contextual association)	1
Young British Artists era (contextual)	1
Young British Artists generation	1

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Target entity: Young British Artists
Context triple: [Damien Hirst, movement, Young British Artists]

A. Bauhaus movement
The Bauhaus movement was an influential early 20th-century German art, design, and architecture school and style that fused fine arts with crafts and industrial design, helping to define the principles of modernism.
B. Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group was an influential early 20th-century circle of English writers, artists, and intellectuals known for their modernist ideas, progressive politics, and unconventional personal relationships.
C. Surrealist Group in London
The Surrealist Group in London was a collective of artists and writers active mainly in the 1930s–1940s that promoted and developed Surrealist ideas and practices in the United Kingdom.
D. British New Wave
British New Wave was a late-1950s and early-1960s British film movement known for its gritty social realism, focus on working-class life, and stylistic break from traditional studio filmmaking.
E. Arte Povera
Arte Povera is an Italian avant-garde art movement from the late 1960s characterized by the use of everyday or “poor” materials to challenge traditional notions of art and value.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Young British Artists
Target entity description: Young British Artists is a loose group of provocative, concept-driven UK artists who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and 1990s, known for shock tactics, unconventional materials, and high-profile exhibitions.

A. Bauhaus movement
The Bauhaus movement was an influential early 20th-century German art, design, and architecture school and style that fused fine arts with crafts and industrial design, helping to define the principles of modernism.
B. Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group was an influential early 20th-century circle of English writers, artists, and intellectuals known for their modernist ideas, progressive politics, and unconventional personal relationships.
C. Surrealist Group in London
The Surrealist Group in London was a collective of artists and writers active mainly in the 1930s–1940s that promoted and developed Surrealist ideas and practices in the United Kingdom.
D. British New Wave
British New Wave was a late-1950s and early-1960s British film movement known for its gritty social realism, focus on working-class life, and stylistic break from traditional studio filmmaking.
E. Arte Povera
Arte Povera is an Italian avant-garde art movement from the late 1960s characterized by the use of everyday or “poor” materials to challenge traditional notions of art and value.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art movement ⓘ artist group ⓘ
activePeriod	1990s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	YBAs ⓘ
associatedInstitution	Goldsmiths College ⓘ linked to: Goldsmiths, University of London
associatedPerson	Abigail Lane ⓘ Angus Fairhurst ⓘ Anya Gallaccio ⓘ Chris Ofili ⓘ Cornelia Parker ⓘ Damien Hirst ⓘ Fiona Rae ⓘ Gary Hume ⓘ Gillian Wearing ⓘ Jake and Dinos Chapman ⓘ Jenny Saville ⓘ Julian Opie ⓘ Liam Gillick ⓘ Marc Quinn ⓘ Mat Collishaw ⓘ Michael Landy ⓘ Rachel Whiteread ⓘ Sam Taylor-Johnson ⓘ Sarah Lucas ⓘ Simon Patterson ⓘ Tracey Emin ⓘ Yinka Shonibare ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedFor	commercialism ⓘ lack of traditional craftsmanship ⓘ sensationalism ⓘ
culturalContext	1990s Britart scene ⓘ Thatcher-era Britain ⓘ linked to: Margaret Thatcher government
curatedBy	Damien Hirst ⓘ
field	visual arts ⓘ
genre	contemporary art ⓘ
inception	late 1980s ⓘ
influenced	British contemporary art ⓘ international contemporary art market ⓘ
influencedBy	American Pop Art ⓘ linked to: Pop art Minimalism ⓘ conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
keyPatron	Charles Saatchi ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
mediaLabel	YBAs ⓘ
movement	conceptual art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ
movementOrigin	Goldsmiths College, University of London ⓘ linked to: Goldsmiths, University of London
notableCharacteristic	close links to the commercial art market ⓘ controversial imagery ⓘ engagement with popular culture ⓘ exploration of death and mortality ⓘ exploration of identity and the body ⓘ high-profile exhibitions ⓘ installation-based practice ⓘ media-savvy self-promotion ⓘ provocative subject matter ⓘ use of everyday materials ⓘ use of found objects ⓘ use of shock tactics ⓘ use of unconventional materials ⓘ
notableExhibition	Brilliant! New Art from London ⓘ Freeze ⓘ Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection ⓘ linked to: Saatchi Gallery Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away ⓘ
notableWorkExhibited	House ⓘ Mother and Child, Divided ⓘ linked to: Mother and Child (Divided) My Bed ⓘ Self (Marc Quinn) ⓘ The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living ⓘ
peakPopularity	mid-1990s ⓘ
praisedFor	challenging conventional aesthetics ⓘ internationalizing British art ⓘ revitalizing the British art scene ⓘ
subfield	installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Damien Hirst → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Damien Hirst → associatedWith → Young British Artists movement ⓘ

linked to: Young British Artists

Tracey Emin → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Rachel Whiteread → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Sarah Lucas → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Sarah Lucas → associatedWith → Young British Artists ⓘ

Gillian Wearing → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Chris Ofili → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Saatchi Gallery → associatedMovement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Britart → hasAlternativeName → Young British Artists ⓘ

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Mother and Child (Divided) → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

For the Love of God → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

A Thousand Years → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Pharmacy → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Spot Paintings → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Natural History series → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Natural History → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Charles Saatchi → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Charles Saatchi → influencedMovement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Charles Saatchi → genreOfArtCollected → Young British Artists ⓘ

Spin Paintings → associatedWithMovement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Sam Taylor-Johnson → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

The History of the World → movement → Young British Artists (contextual association) ⓘ

linked to: Young British Artists

Jenny Saville → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Tracey Karima Emin → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Tracey Emin → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: Emin

My Bed → genre → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: installation "My Bed"

My Bed → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: installation "My Bed"

Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: tent work "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995"

My Bed → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Why I Never Became a Dancer → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Those Who Suffer Love → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Strangeland → associatedWith → Young British Artists ⓘ

Maidstone College of Art → hasNotableAlumni → Young British Artists ⓘ

Rachel Whiteread → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: Whiteread

House (sculpture) → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: House

Ghost → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Untitled Monument → artMovement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Au Naturel → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Self-portraits with cigarettes → artMovement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Gillian Wearing → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: Wearing

Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

60 Minutes Silence → artMovement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Confess All On Video. Don’t Worry You Will Be in Disguise. Intrigued? Call Gillian → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

Chris Ofili → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

subject linked to: Ofili

Afrodizzia → movement → Young British Artists ⓘ

YBAs → fullName → Young British Artists ⓘ

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