Spit Fire: Photographs from the Art World, London, by John Shand Kydd

Used and in fair condition

• Paperback : 208 pages
• Item Weight : 734grams
• ISBN-10 : 1900828014
• ISBN-13 : 978-1900828017
• Dimensions : 18.4cm  x 2.5 cm  x 23.5 cm
• Publisher : Violette Editions; 
• Language: : English
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• In the 1990s a wave of new talent crashed upon a complacent London art scene. Distinguished artists, who for decades had enjoyed uncontested positions at the forefront of the avant garde, overnight had to pack their bags and join the ranks of the establishment while new arrivals revelled in the limelight and earned international recognition.

  Such moments of change visit a city rarely. In 1996 Johnnie Shand Kydd began to photograph, spontaneously and without an agenda, moments shared with artists in their studios and homes, at exhibition openings and favourite watering holes. The resulting collection of portraits captures the energy and sense of community generated by this renowned group of artists, including Jake and Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, John Maybury, Sam Taylor-Wood, Gavin Turk, Marc Quinn, Gillian Wearing, Rachel Whiteread, Cerith Wyn Evans and many others.