Sex & Violence, Death & Silence: Encounters with Recent ArtSpanning nearly 35 years, this book is a collection of the best of Gordon Burn's writing on art. Focusing on two principle generations - the Royal College pop art of Hockney and his contemporaries, and the YBA sensations of the 1990s - it explores how these artists rose to prominence with their friends and contemporaries. |
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