Silver spoon successes: The intellectual, affluent and well-connected new generation of Young British Artists
I’d encourage everyone to click through and read the entire article for a better grasp on the kind of circles that SH moves in.
And from the perspective of someone like wikianonbcsh, it’s fascinating how many of the same names keep popping up over and over again. This article is a good primer on some of them.
Can’t stand the lot of them. There are a few talented ones but for the most part they are a bunch of trustafarian hacks churning out subpar work. Of course mummy and daddy are going to encourage them, just to keep them occupied between endless parties. What we are witnessing is the increasing gentrification of art itself. I despair at the current state of our ‘culture’, I really do.