& Horror How the violent and confrontational art of the Young British Artists shook the world of art to its core. Late 80s British art, consist- sometimes pornographic steamroller in the case of ing of Young British Artists imagery. The YBA move- Cornelia Parker’s work. (YBA) could also be de- ment is often considered Overall, YBA art rejects scribed as the art of shock. Post-Modernist due to the any traditional notions of One of the key principles usual lack of artistic skill art, and what can be even of YBA is the shock value, and the choice of subject considered art. Instead, the aim to create unrest and matter within YBA work. they purposefully pursue discomfort. YBA is consid- However, YBA art has no outrageous, dark and un- ered to have started with distinct style or technique settling subjects in inter- Damien Hirst’s ‘Freeze’, an used to create it. Instead, esting ways. exhibition of art done by YBA takes on the form of Hence why the style, the similar young British art- many different types of artists, and the fame it con- ists, many of who remain art, including works using tinues to recieve has made important names in YBA to found objects. There are such a mark on modern this day. pieces of art that use pre- art, and the history of art YBAs are known for their served dead animals, such as a whole. willingness to push the as in Damien Hirst’s work, boundaries of art, includ- or art that uses objects that ing explicit, violent and have been crushed with a .