Breaking the Mould: British art of the 1980s and 1990s
Breaking the Mould: British art of the 1980s and 1990s
Cork, Richard and Penelope Curtis. Breaking the Mould: British art of the 1980s and 1990s. 1997, London, Lund Humphries in association with the Irish Museum of Modern Art, 128 pages (80 color and 60 b&w illustrations), hardback, new $90
British sculpture has undergone a remarkable transition in the last decades of the twentieth century. The Weltkunst Collection comprises important works by twenty-six of the artists responsible for this transition. Many of them have gained an international reputation and sometimes notoriety in a way never achieved by their predecesors.
This book, the first published of that collection, catalogues drawings and prints as well as sculpture, installation and media works. Analysis of the significance of the artists and their works is complemented by extracts from interviews with the artists themselves.
The collection's location at the Irish Museum of Modern Art provides a perfect context from which to examine this unique 'British' collection.
This book is an invaluable guide to contemporary British sculpture, which constantly challenges the limits of visual art and questions accepted ideas of what sculpture can be.
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