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Jake & Dinos Chapman — Picasso Noma (from the Exquisite Corpse series)

Picasso Noma (from the Exquisite Corpse series)

A darkly surreal figure emerges from the intersection of Picasso's fragmented cubist language and the Chapman Brothers' characteristically grotesque sensibility, rendered with meticulous detail in etching and hand-applied watercolour. The work forms part of the duo's *Exquisite Corpse* series, in which they subverted and defaced existing prints, layering their own transgressive imagery over the compositional logic of a canonical predecessor. The result is a collision of high modernism and visceral body horror, challenging notions of artistic authorship, reverence, and the sanctity of the masterwork.

Medium
etching and watercolour on paper

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 15, 2013

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Jake & Dinos Chapman, Picasso Noma (from the Exquisite Corpse series)

A darkly surreal figure emerges from the intersection of Picasso's fragmented cubist language and the Chapman Brothers' characteristically grotesque sensibility, rendered with meticulous detail in etching and hand-applied watercolour. The work forms part of the duo's *Exquisite Corpse* series, in which they subverted and defaced existing prints, layering their own transgressive imagery over the compositional logic of a canonical predecessor. The result is a collision of high modernism and visceral body horror, challenging notions of artistic authorship, reverence, and the sanctity of the masterwork.

Medium
etching and watercolour on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Etching, Printmaking, Duo Artists, Figurative Art, British Artists, Works on Paper, Watercolour, Contemporary Art, Grotesque Imagery, Dark Humor

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