Ant Noises at the Saatchi Gallery

Ant Noises accompanies an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, London, and documents the latest installment in the YBA (Young British Artist) phenomenon -- ten young U.K. artists whose work definitely lives up to the international hype. Ant Noises presents a surprising diversity of engaging and exciting work -- from Jake & Dinos Chapman's unsettling images of children to Damien Hirst's witty installations; from Gary Hume's freeze-frame explosions of color to Sarah Lucas's explorations of the human form; from Ron Mueck's more-than-life-like sculptures to Chris Ofili's Klimt-like explorations of African diasporic and female identity; from Richard Patterson's realism-within-an-abstract-container to Jenny Saville's captivatingly grotesque nudes; and from Gavin Turk's Post-Pop excursions to Rachel Whiteread's breathtaking and elegant sculptural inversions of inside and outside. The result is a look at some of the most exciting artists of the moment and of the future to come -- the avant-grade of right now.De Cruz, Gemma is the author of 'Ant Noises at the Saatchi Gallery' with ISBN 9780953858705 and ISBN 0953858707.