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Jake & Dinos Chapman — Yang

Yang

A menacing sculptural figure crafted from painted fiberglass and resin stands armed with a decommissioned AK-47, merging the human form with the iconography of violence and warfare. The Chapman Brothers infuse the work with their characteristic dark humor and provocative sensibility, challenging the viewer to confront the aesthetics of conflict and destruction. The inclusion of real decommissioned weaponry mounted on a wooden base blurs the boundary between art object and instrument of war.

Medium
painted breglass and resin, decommissioned AK-47, wood

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Contemporary Day Sale

July 3, 2014

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Jake & Dinos Chapman, Yang

A menacing sculptural figure crafted from painted fiberglass and resin stands armed with a decommissioned AK-47, merging the human form with the iconography of violence and warfare. The Chapman Brothers infuse the work with their characteristic dark humor and provocative sensibility, challenging the viewer to confront the aesthetics of conflict and destruction. The inclusion of real decommissioned weaponry mounted on a wooden base blurs the boundary between art object and instrument of war.

Medium
painted breglass and resin, decommissioned AK-47, wood
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold, Political, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Controversial, Provocative, British, Fiberglass And Resin, Figurative, Contemporary

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