Rachel Whiteread: YBAs made art look too easy
In their heyday, they transformed the British art scene, scandalising the baffled establishment and spinning their much-hyped ideas into a multi-million-pound industry.Rachel Whiteread, the first woman to win the Turner Prize, said young artists now want only to be famous, expecting a well-remunerated career in a world of “immediate” art.Whiteread, who is currently displaying her work at the V&A’s Museum of Childhood, said she “show-offs” of the YBAs, as they ha
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