apocalypse

Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art

Norman Rosenthal with Michael Archer, Michael Bracewell, James Hall, and Nathan Kernan

Photography by Norbert Schoerner

A Royal Academy of Arts Publication (2000)

Softcover, 256 pages

200 illustrations in full color

11 x 115/8″

Apocalypse accompanies one of the most exciting art events of the year 2000. Concentrating on themes inspired by the coming of the 21st century, this internationally significant exhibition – the successor to the controversial “Sensation” exhibition – will include installations, paintings, sculptures, and videos, many specially created for the exhibition by 15 internationally renowned and controversial artists. For the catalogue, the talented photographer Norbert Schoerner has photographed the artists at work in their studios. Norman Rosenthal, exhibitions secretary at the Royal Academy and curator of the exhibition, contributes an introduction explaining his personal vision of the arts at this turning point in history.