Turner Winner: Enough With Hirst, Emin, And Shock Art

“The Young British Artists (YBAs) who drove the contemporary boom were a bad thing for British art, the new Turner Prize winner said last night.” From the podium, artist Mark Leckey criticized the artistic discourse: “‘I kind of hate the relationship the press in Britain has towards art,’ he said. ‘I hate the way it’s all Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin and Banksy.'”