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Jake & Dinos Chapman — Yin & Yin

Yin & Yin

1997

Two conjoined female figures merge into a single unsettling form, rendered in smooth fiberglass and resin with a hyper-realistic painted surface. The Chapman Brothers subvert the classical ideal of the female body, transforming it into a provocative and deeply disconcerting object that challenges notions of identity, duality, and desire. The work exemplifies the duo's signature approach of appropriating familiar imagery and corrupting it with a darkly visceral edge.

Medium
fiberglass, resin and paint

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Jake & Dinos Chapman, Yin & Yin, 1997

Two conjoined female figures merge into a single unsettling form, rendered in smooth fiberglass and resin with a hyper-realistic painted surface. The Chapman Brothers subvert the classical ideal of the female body, transforming it into a provocative and deeply disconcerting object that challenges notions of identity, duality, and desire. The work exemplifies the duo's signature approach of appropriating familiar imagery and corrupting it with a darkly visceral edge.

Medium
fiberglass, resin and paint
Year
1997
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodern Art, Figurative Sculpture, Shock Art, Post Modern Sculpture, Provocative Imagery, Provocateur Art, Duo Artists, Three Dimensional Work, Resin And Fiberglass, British Artists, Dystopian Themes, Contemporary Art, Collaborative Duo, Darkly Humorous, Polychrome Sculpture, Fiberglass And Resin, Dark Humor

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