Chapman Brothers

Chapman Brothers

Jake and Dino's Chapman are both brothers who work together as visual artists.  Their work is often deliberately meant to shock viewers and also has an aspect of fear put into it as they show dark and frightening art. They were nominated for the a annual Turner Prize but are now renowned world wide. Their art work is my main inspiration due to the amount of fear that comes through their work as just looking through their website has an element of fear as when you click on something a smiley face flashes, which causes fear.

DNA Zygotic

Within this piece of work it shows Mannequin dolls that have been melted together. As it shows two sets of legs and twelve heads. Zygotic is 'the cell formed by the union of two gametes' according to thefreedictionary.com. A Gamete is a sex cell so this art piece is showing what it would be like if DNA was zygotic. This is an installation piece that I find particularly creepy as they are all stuck together. I like the shock that comes from the first site of this art piece which I would like to bring into my work. I believe that all of the pieces melted make the art piece look particularly scary. This links to my project as by first site this art gives people shock as it looks creepy.

Hell

Within this piece of art work, the Chapman brothers have created their conception of hell within an installation piece. This piece has an element of a shock factor but is also very dark, which some people would find scary. Within this piece it shows Ronald McDonald being crucified and Nazi soldiers standing around talking as they stand on a bed of dead bodies. This is shocking to put McDonald's and Nazi's within the same bracket but it could be their point of view as they see McDonald's food as deadly due to the amount of Fat, Salt and Sugar within it as this causes many health problems. This links to my project as it has an element of fear and shock to it, which I would like to bring to my own work as at first site I would like to people to get a shiver down their back.