Brilliant!



Brilliant! was a group exhibition of contemporary art held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA between 22 October 1995 and 7 January 1996. It traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, where it was on view between 17 February and 14 April 1996.

Theme and content
The exhibition sought to showcase a burgeoning group of English artists now known as the YBAs. The Walker's press material, defining the criteria for selection of artists in the exhibition, says:

"The artists chosen for the exhibition have become increasingly visible over the past six years in self-promoted, renegade exhibitions and publications that have cropped up throughout London. Their aesthetically diverse and provocative artworks are united by a shared interest in ephemeral materials, unconventional presentation, and an anti-authoritarian stance that lends their objects a youthful, aggressive vitality."

Exhibited artists

 * Henry Bond
 * Glenn Brown
 * Jake and Dinos Chapman
 * Adam Chodzko
 * Mat Collishaw
 * Tracey Emin
 * Angus Fairhurst
 * Anya Gallaccio
 * Liam Gillick
 * Damien Hirst
 * Gary Hume
 * Michael Landy
 * Abigail Lane
 * Sarah Lucas
 * Chris Ofili
 * Steven Pippin
 * Alessandro Raho
 * Georgina Starr
 * Sam Taylor-Wood
 * Gillian Wearing
 * Rachel Whiteread