A nice overview of modern art written from a Young British Art perspective. Collings draws links from (then) contemporary artists such as Sarah Lucas, Chris Ofili and Tracey Emin to their common ancestors, Picasso, Dalí and Duchamp (with the occasional excursion to more off-the-wall artists like Bruce Nauman and Paul McCarthy). Collings has a wonderful but oft criticised prose style which is like reading Vasari, as transcribed by Viz. The accompanying Channel 4 documentary is the pinnacle of Channel 4's 90s in-yer-face style and it is wonderful.