Sotheby’s London to stage The New Situation: Art in London in the Sixties

KOLKATA: From 4th-11th September 2013, Sotheby’s London will stage The New Situation: Art in London in the Sixties, a collaboration between Sotheby's Modern & Post-War British Art specialists and the legendary gallerist Kasmin – the man who gave David Hockney, among others, his first break fifty years ago.

Presenting a group of works that will recapture the energy and innovative spirit of the London art scene in the Sixties - a decade when artists, along with photographers, film stars, musicians and fashion designers captured the world’s imagination, turning the capital into 'Swinging London' in the process - The New Situation will also include a number of works that will be on public view for the first time. A selection of works will be offered for sale, and a number loaned from distinguished collections.

David Hockney, Bridget Riley and Anthony Caro, whilst internationally recognised today, were just some of many bright young talents who shared equal billing in museum and gallery shows both at home and abroad. The New Situation will re-unite them with their contemporaries, many of whom are now unfairly overlooked, enabling today’s audience to rediscover this first generation of ‘Young British Artists’ who themselves were truly a ‘Sensation’, thirty years before Norman Rosenthal and Charles Saatchi applied the name to another generation of young, exciting artists.