This book accompanies the exhibition that opened in the Saatchi Gallery in January 2014 and closed in May 2014. The exhibition and the catalogue provide an insight into the work of some of the most promising artists emerging in Britain today.
Paperback
54 pages
15 cm x 20 cm
Illustrated thoughout
Published by Saatchi Gallery
The Saatchi Gallery has launched a new programme of exhibitions which will continue the Gallery's 25 year-long support of emerging artists.
New Order II: British Art Today features 13 artists who offer an arresting insight into art being made in the UK today. From sculpture and painting, to installation and video, this selection of artists employ a hybrid of traditional and contemporary techniques and materials, which revitalise existing visual languages.
The work of this new generation of artists offers an arresting insight into the nature of Britain today: somewhat nebulous in its identity, somewhat uncertain of itself, the symbols of national identity seem more and more inarticulate and dislocated from the experience of actually living here.
The artists are not an evidently coherent group, but if there is a collective spirit in many of the works in the exhibition, it’s in their interest in addressing the vast abundance of imagery which we are all increasingly surrounded by in the 21st century.
Abstraction returns in the shape of interior décor in George Little’s paintings, with satirical intent in Dan Rees’ plasticine covered panels, or revived in unconventional and contrasting materials in Dominic Beattie’s pieces. Virgile Ittah’s wax figures droop as they succumb to Virgile Ittah, Regarding The Pain Of The Other, 2013 gravity; Finbar Ward’s paintings are stacked on the floor like minimalist sculptures; and the sensory and sonic are embodied in Hannah Perry’s immersive installation.
