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Radio 4,1 min

Where did the YBAs get their ideas from?

An Alternative History of Art

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Helen Chadwick’s 1986 ICA show “Of Mutability” is said to have influenced a generation of Young British Artists. Iwona Blazwick, director of Whitechapel Gallery hears from artist Cathy de Monchaux. Photo: 'Piss Flowers' 1991-2 by Helen Chadwick (Installation view, Frieze London 2013; © Estate of the Artist. Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery.)

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