How did a urinal become art? And a can of tomato soup, a tent, a pickled shark... How do you get at one of the world’s most powerful governments by smashing an old vase? How did what seemed like a prank at the New York Armory Show of 1917 explode to become today's global multi-billion dollar art world? This graphic novel answers these questions by following the lives of seminal contemporary artists and the stories behind their groundbreaking works.

Chapters follow a series of chain reactions as artists meet or inspire each other across the generations and decades. Over a period of 100 years everything changes – and yet the cry of ‘It’s not art!’ never goes away. No matter how long people have had to get used to it, contemporary art continues to upset expectations and disrupt conventions – and inspire anew.

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Blow Up

The Illustrated Letters of Virginia Woolf

The Two Roberts

Two Roberts Poster

Cressida Bell Cushion

Virginia Woolf - Little People Big Dreams

Anna Pavlova - Little People Big dreams

The Glass House

The Cat, Opussyquinusque Postcard

Pencil Box

Feel Good Ink: The happy little book of temporary tattoos

Pin Cushion

Juniors

Cut Out Curiosities Botanica

Vanessa Bell 1916 Postcard

The Cat, Opussyquinusque Print

This Dark Country: Women Artists, Still Life and Intimacy in the Early Twentieth Century

Jigsaw Puzzles & Games

Study Door Jigsaw Puzzle

Garden Room Jigsaw Puzzle

Cat Jigsaw Puzzle

Life

The Sticker Treasury of The Mystical & Esoteric

The Sticker Treasury of Blooms & Butterflies

Animals in the Nude Card Game

Pattern & Ornament

Exclusive Kim Jones for Charleston Tote Bag - Red

Exclusive Kim Jones for Charleston Tote Bag - Pink

Exclusive Kim Jones for Charleston Tote Bag - Orange

Exclusive Kim Jones for Charleston Tote Bag - Green

Exclusive Kim Jones for Charleston Tote Bag - Blue

Vanessa Bell Postcard Book

Duncan Grant Postcard Book

Charleston Zip Purse - Yellow Grapes

Charleston Zip Purse - Clouds

Wooden Festive Holiday Ornaments

Landscape with Buildings Postcard

Duncan Grant Self Portrait Postcard

West Pier Postcard

Tony Asserati Postcard

The Pond Postcard

Polyanthus In Vase Postcard

Plaster Head Postcard

Lytton Strachey Postcard

Lessons in the Orchard Postcard

The Barns Postcard

Self Portrait in a Turban Postcard

Red Headscarf Postcard

John Maynard Keynes 1917 Postcard

Firescreen Postcard

Angelica Bell Postcard

A Study Postcard

Victoria Walton - Large Flower Bowl

Famous Women Dinner Service

Magnet

Googly Coin Purse

Square Matches

Handmade Wine Glass

Kantha Quilt

Bobbin Lamp Base

Common Clay Lamp

Nessa Jug

Painted Lampbase

Ceramics

Jo Rance - Mother's Nest

Jo Rance - Three Birds

Jo Rance - To See Myself in You

Tabby Booth - Bull

Artwork

Kelly Jessiman - Matisse Vase

Hand Painted Lamp Base - Yellow

Hand Painted Lamp Base - Green

Hand Painted Lamp Base - Red

Summer test edit

The Bloomsbury Group

Koak Print - Little Tuber

Koak print - Some Future

Koak Print - An Immovable Mass of Longing

Izumi Kato Notebook

Vanessa Bell - A World of Form and Colour Poster

Koak Poster

Izumi Kato - Living In Figures

Izumi Kato - Like a Rolling Snowball

Vanessa Bell: Modern Living

Jute Coaster Set

Izumi Kato Poster

Vanessa Bell: The Life and Art of a Bloomsbury Radical

Foundations of a Collection

Gary Edwards - Fig Leaf Plate Yellow / Blue

Gary Edwards - White Leaf Dish Oval

Gary Edwards - Giant Fig Leaf Charger

Gary Edwards - Fig Leaf Plate Blue / White

White Leaf Dish

Spot Stripe Vase

Gary Edwards - Fig Leaf Plate Yellow / Cream

Small Ribbed Charger

Gary Edwards - Fig Leaf Plate Blue / Cream

Abstract Cushion Cover

Cedric Morris Neckerchief