1. The start of British Modern Art started where?

         In post-war Britain at the tip of the west coast of Cornwall.

  1. What did one critic describe Patrick Heron’s work as?

    The critic dismissed his paintings as absurd.

  2. What did Patrick Heron think art should do?

    He felt that art should lift the human soul.

  3. What did Francis Bacon think life was full of?

    Pain and suffering.

  4. What did Francis Bacon’s artwork deliberately set out to do?

    It set out to shock post-war Britain to its core.

  5. What did Peter Blake’s work celebrate?

    It celebrated the American culture of denim and Elvis.

  6. Who is the Father of British Pop Art?

    Richard Hamilton

  7. What does Transient mean?

          It is used to describe something impermanent.

  1. What happened to the UK economy during the 1970s?

          Britain was struggling through an economic downturn. There was a 3-day working week, miner’s strikes and IRA bombs.

  1. Gilbert and George describe themselves as?

          Pure, weird and normal.

  1. What was the new spirit for 80’s Britain?

          Money, greed and ambition.

  1. Who is the world’s richest living artist today?

          Damien Hirst, a key member of the YBA movement.

  1. Who is Charles Saatchi?

          He is a co-founder with his brother Maurice of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi and famous for a campaign that helped Margaret Thatcher come to power.

  1. At the end of the 80’s boom, how much did Hirst sell his work at Sotheby’s auction for?

          £95,000,000

  1. What was Tracy Emin’s unique selling point?

           She expressed her most intimate thoughts and feelings, sharing them with the world, ultimately making self-obsession an art form.

  1. What does Grayson Perry explore in his work?

The way we live in the present.

  1. What does he feel the main most important activity in life is?

Making artwork.

 

Rationing is the controlled distribution of goods and resources that are scarce at the time.

A stiff upper lip refers to keeping valour in the face of adversity.

Abstract art is art that aims to represent reality in an alternative form using shapes colours and gestural marks rather than realistically and accurately at face-value.

Post-war Britain refers to Britain in its state after the war.

A triptych is a piece of artwork that is divided across three sections that are on separate surfaces from each other.

A 3-day week refers to a week that only has 3 working days as opposed to the average 5.