Navazo-Ostúa, PabloAladro Vico, EvaBailey, Olga2024-04-022024-04-022021-04-01Pablo Navazo-Ostúa, Eva Aladro-Vico & Olga Bailey (2021) Processes of legitimization in contemporary Art: the young British Artists phenomenon, Journal for Cultural Research, 25:2, 144-159, DOI: 10.1080/14797585.2021.189891210.1080/14797585.2021.1898912https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102527The Young British Artists (YBAs) was a generation that incorporated elements from media, advertising and cultural industry into the art world in the late 20th century. Based on a case study of the group and the distinctive phases of its meteoric trajectory, we analyse the circumstances and agents involved in the processes of legitimisation in contemporary art. As an instrumental tool, we use the model presented by Alan Bowness in his publication, which outlines the process that allows artists to access certain social recognition. This outline provides us with a model of reference upon which to reconstruct the pattern of the YBAs trajectory to determine the sociocultural circumstances surrounding the media phenomenon. These results also correct and modify certain aspects of Bowness’ model to adapt it to the current socioeconomic context that sustains the processes of legitimisation of art today.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal articlehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14797585.2021.1898912open access7.01316Young brittish artistsMediaCultural studiesContemporary artSociologíaHistoria del Arte63 Sociología62 Ciencias de las Artes y las Letras