East Country Yard Show

East Country Yard Show was an exhibition of contemporary art organized by Henry Bond and Sarah Lucas.

[5] Reviewing the show in Time Out the art critic David Lillington said, "The East Country Yard is a gigantic complex of old warehouses in which each artist has a 200-foot-long room.

"[6] Equally, writing in his book Lucky Kunst: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art, commentator Gregor muir said, "'East Country Yard' in South Dock, Docklands ... featured huge installations by Gary Hume and Anya Gallaccio, and could claim to have taken place in a space four times the size of Saatchi Gallery.

This has given them a reputation for pushiness, yet it should also be said that in terms of ambition, attention to display and sheer bravado there has been little to match such shows in the country's established contemporary art institutions.

[8]Writing in Artforum, Kate Bush said, [Hirst's] Freeze anticipated a spate of do-it-yourself group shows staged in cheap, sprawling, ex-industrial spaces in recession-hit East London.