British Art of the Long 1980s

Imogen Racz is Associate Head of School – Research, School of Art and Design, Coventry University, UK. Specialising in post-war sculptural and object-based practices, she has published widely around themes related to the home, including Art and the Home: Comfort, Alienation and the Everyday (2015).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionRasheed Araeen, Artist, curator and writerSusan Hiller, ArtistRobin Klassnik, Artist and Director of Matt’s GalleryBill Woodrow, ArtistAlison Wilding, Artist Jacqui Poncelet, ArtistRichard Deacon, Artist Katherine Gili, ArtistNicholas Pope, ArtistRoger Malbert, Art Officer at the Arts Council, then Head of Hayward Gallery TouringJonathan Harvey, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Acme StudiosMikey Cuddihy, Artist Kate Blacker, ArtistRichard Wilson, Artist Antonia Payne, Director of Ikon Gallery, 1981 to 1988Hilary Gresty, Curator of Kettle’s Yard 1983 to 1989 Veronica Ryan, ArtistLanglands & Bell (Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell), Artists Cathy de Monchaux, ArtistLaura Ford, Artist James Lingwood, Curator, then Co-director of ArtangelKarsten Schubert, Art DealerAbigail Lane, Artist AfterwordIndex

Through twenty-three thoughtful interviews, Imogen Racz’s book surveys the legacies, wit, and energy of British art in the 1980s. The reflections of artists and producers narrate how this decade formed new networks and, importantly, how artists started to democratise art in Britain.