Jake & Dinos Chapman (B. 1966 & B. 1962)

Bring me the head of...

Details

Jake & Dinos Chapman (B. 1966 & B. 1962)
Bring me the head of...
(i) fibreglass, resin, paint and wig
(ii) video
(i) 9 x 13 x 7in. (24.8 x 33 x 17.8cm.)
Executed in 1994, this work is from an edition of 15, and is accompanied by a video

Provenance

Ridinghouse Editions, London.

Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, '6 feet under', Sept.-Oct. 1997, no. xxviii (another from the edition illustrated in the catalogue).

Lot Essay

"PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRIALIZES THE ACT OF LOOKING. It produces images that minimize the possibility of representing desire effectively in order that its failure prompts the viewer to purchase more of its in a physiologically anemic state." (J. and D. Chapman, 'Unholy Libel', New York 1997, p. 37.)

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