Brilliant!
# 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
