"I really cannot carry on living with all that stuff stuck inside me," Emin once said, and proceeded to dredge up her tainted, passionate past and dish it out raw. The public at large has seen Emin grow up, in a fashion. She's been publicly processing her life since at least 1993, the time of her fir

Depressive, Dramatic, Neurotic, Repetition, Spiritual, Young british artists

Much has been made about Fiona Rae and her fellow British New-Wavers. Rae is both celebrated and criticized for her habit of copping the trademarks of American Abstractionists and Pop artists, but at the heart of her second-generation appropriation is an analytical concern for technique. Her canvases

Abstract painting, Citational, Ebullient, Fleeting, Improvised, Young british artists

Chris Ofili (born 1968) is a British painter noted for artworks referencing aspects of his Nigerian heritage. The artist is now based in Trinidad. He is one of the Young British Artists. He is a Turner Prize winner and his work has been a source of controversy. He is now based in Trinidad. Chris Ofi

Portraiture, Social realism, Young british artists

Hume's use of common household paints and his combinations of colors are at once unique and disconcerting. The paintings might resemble something wallpapery, when covered with clusters of flowery images, or some kind of optical illusion, when he uses large color blocks to represent figures in silhoue

Bright, Ethereal, Playful, Pop, Pristine, Young british artists