Friday 30 May 2008

Chapman Brothers - Hell




Came across this brand new installation by the Chapman brothers. The original work of art, which featured 5,000 miniature model Nazi soldiers performing atrocities, was destroyed in a blaze that swept through an art depot in 2004.

But yesterday Jake and Dinos Chapman unveiled a new version based on the same concept, entitled F****** Hell. This time Hell is even bigger and nastier. Tens of thousands of the tiny plastic figures are depicted carrying out genocide and torture. It is part of a new collection called 'If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be’, displayed at the White Cube Gallery in Hoxton, North London.

Very impressive I have to say but I am also thinking Haw Par Villa! Hey brothers, been to Singapore lately? :-)

1 comment:

Fabien said...

love the comparison with Haw Par Villa.. i remember it as a child... it was hell indeed.