Young British Artists: The Frank and Lorna Dunphy Gift
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Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Frank Dunphy and allocated to Pallant House Gallery, 2018) © Michael Craig-Martin
How the Young British Artists built on the 1960s Pop Art movement.
Celebrating the donation of six important works by Peter Blake, Michael Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Gavin Turk and Rachel Whiteread to our collection.
The works, ranging from paintings to sculptures, help demonstrate the legacy of British Pop Art and the development of conceptual art in Britain through the works of the Young British Artists. The YBAs were a loose group of British artists who began exhibiting together in the late 1980s. They became famous for their openness to materials and processes, shock tactics and entrepreneurial attitude.
Frank Dunphy was Damien Hirst’s manager from 1995 until 2010. He and his wife Lorna have a lifelong love of art and have amassed a collection that charts the radical 1990s art scene of which they were at the very heart. This September, 200 more works from their collection will be displayed and auctioned at Sotheby’s in London, further cementing their importance as collectors.
The works the Dunphy’s have chosen to give to the Gallery were all initially bought for display in their homes, including in Bognor Regis.
The Frank and Lorna Dunphy Gift
Michael Craig-Martin, Scissors (Wallpaper Pink) (2004)
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Frank Dunphy and allocated to Pallant House Gallery, 2018) © Michael Craig-Martin
Gavin Turk, Dump (2004)
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Frank Dunphy and allocated to Pallant House Gallery, 2018) © Gavin Turk/Live Stock Market. Photo: Stephen White
Tracey Emin, Roman Standard (edition 2 of 6) (2005)
Tracey Emin, Roman Standard (edition 2 of 6), 2005, Cast bronze on metal pole finished with silver nitrate, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Frank Dunphy and allocated to Pallant House Gallery, 2018) © The Artist Courtesy: Tracey Emin Studio Photo: Barry Hale 2008
Want to know more?
If you’re conducting research into this artist or another aspect of Modern British art and would like to use our library and archive, please contact Sarah Norris, Collections Manager on s.norris@pallant.org.uk.