Britart

British  

/ ˈbrɪtˌɑːt /

noun

1. a movement in modern British art beginning in the late 1980s, often conceptual or using controversial materials, including such artists as Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread

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Etymology

Origin of Britart

C20: Brit short for British

Example Sentences

By the late 1980s, while her contemporaries at Goldsmiths were fomenting a Britart revolution, Ray had established herself at a gallery in Drury Lane doing copies of Renoir, Monet, Caravaggio, Stubbs, Gauguin and Modigliani.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

O'Neill has used his Britart connections to put on exhibitions by Tracey Emin, Sam Taylor-Wood and Rachel Whiteread.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2011

The other is, depending on your perspective, either a talented if occasionally chaotic national treasure; or an outmoded, overexposed hangover from the heyday of Britart.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2010

She is a little older than the group that constituted Britart, and a little younger than sculptors Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Richard Wentworth.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2010