The Resistible Rise of Young British Art
YBA was special because working-class artists from outside London were getting real money and recognition. The grants system allowed the talented poor to fight their way through prestigious art colleges. Muir: ‘The last working-class blip was working its way through higher education before the tide would be stemmed with student loans and other charges.’ Graduates had no money and little state support, but the solidarity of the class of ’87 allowed its members to keep working and creating through the hard times and they should be given credit for that.
Max Dunbar reviews Gregor Muir‘s Lucky Kunst.
The Missing Links
“I’m not a luddite. I’m just not the guy with apps.” The Rumpus interview Sam Lipsyte. * “You mourn the passing of your last book, and then you have to figure out what it is you write now.” Sam Lipsyte in conversation with Michael Kimball. * And Lipsyte in The Daily Beast on Gordon Lish: […]