Jake & Dinos
Chapman
Jake & Dinos
Chapman
Chapman
Brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman are British visual artists born in 1966 and 1962, respectively. They have been challenging social and political taboos since the early 1990s. In drawings, sculptures and installations, the controversial artists have made the viewer's indignation the running thread of their work.
The Chapman brothers' cynical humour is a hallmark of their work. They drew critics’ attention in 1991 by affixing grotesque heads to the already existing figures in Francisco de Goya's series of prints The Disasters of War. But their most spectacular work is Fucking Hell, a series of nine display cases arranged in swastikas containing a myriad of painstakingly painted figurines performing extreme acts.
Their work tests the limits of morality and of what can be shown. The Chapman brothers have earned a reputation as the most irreverent Young British Artists. The Pinault Collection has three noteworthy installations by the pair. They were displayed for the first time at the 2006 "Post-Pop" show at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
The Chapman brothers' cynical humour is a hallmark of their work. They drew critics’ attention in 1991 by affixing grotesque heads to the already existing figures in Francisco de Goya's series of prints The Disasters of War. But their most spectacular work is Fucking Hell, a series of nine display cases arranged in swastikas containing a myriad of painstakingly painted figurines performing extreme acts.
Their work tests the limits of morality and of what can be shown. The Chapman brothers have earned a reputation as the most irreverent Young British Artists. The Pinault Collection has three noteworthy installations by the pair. They were displayed for the first time at the 2006 "Post-Pop" show at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
