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Making It Product Details Sculpture in Britain 1977–1986 £20.00 Artist(s) Eric Bainbridge, Helen Chadwick, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Barry The late 1970s and 1980s witnessed the emergence of a younger Flanagan, Antony Gormley, Ian Hamilton-Finlay, Shirazeh Houshiary, generation of artists working in the United Kingdom who began to Anish Kapoor, David Nash, Julian receive international attention for practices which, although incredibly Opie, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cornelia diverse, shared a revived interest in the sculpted object, in materials Parker, William Tucker, William and in ideas around making. Turnbull, Richard Wentworth, Alison Wilding, Richard Wilson Some of these artists, such as Kate Blacker, Tony Cragg, Richard Author(s) Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Lewis Deacon, Antony Gormley, Shirazeh Houshiary, Anish Kapoor, Richard Biggs, Iwona Blazwick, Ann Compton, Richard Cork, Isobel Wentworth or Alison Wilding, rose to prominence under the loose Johnstone, Sandy Nairne, John banner ‘New British Sculpture’, while other artists, such as Eric Roberts, Mike Tooby, Jon Wood Bainbridge, Helen Chadwick, Julian Opie, Cornelia Parker and Richard Publisher Hayward Publishing Wilson, were forging reputations for their innovative approaches to sculpture. ISBN 9781853323294 Format softback Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986 provides a comprehensive Pages 160 insight into the explosion of contemporary sculpture in Britain during the Illustrations colour late 1970s and 1980s, launching the careers of some the most Dimensions 270mm x 240mm renowned contemporary artists that the UK has produced. Weight 909 Published to accompany the Arts Council Collection touring exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, 27 March – 21 June 2015. Publication Date: Apr 2015
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