LOT DETAILS

Materials:

fibreglass, resin, paint, rhinestone, wig and glasses

Measurements:

144.09 in. (366.00 cm.) (height) by 72.05 in. (183.00 cm.) (width) by 72.05 in. (183.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Brilliant! New Art from London, October 1995-January 1996. This exhibition later travelled to Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, February-April 1996. London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Chapmanworld, May-July 1996 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Graz, Kunstverein, November-December 1996 and Berlin, Kunst-Werke, January-March 1997. London, The Royal Academy of Arts, Sensation Young British Artist From The Saatchi Collection, September-December 1997 (illustrated in colour, p. 66). Copenhagen, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, MAN-Body in Art from 1950 to 2000, September 2000-January 2001. Groninger, Groninger Museum, Enjoy More: Jake and Dinos Chapman, October 2002-January 2003. Avignon, Collection Lambert, Coollustre, May-September 2003. Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, Mike Kelley: The Uncanny, February-May 2004. This exhibition later travelled to Vienna, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, July-October 2004. Guangzhou, Guangdong Museum of Art, Afterschock: Contemporary British Art 1990-2006, December 2006-February 2007. This exhibition later travelled to Beijing, Capital Museum, March-May 2007.

Literature:

J. Kastner, "Brilliant?", in Art Monthly, December 1995-January 1996, pp. 10-15 (illustrated, p. 14). P. Johnson, "British exhibit knows attitude, some brilliance", in Houston Chronicle, February 1996 (illustrated, p. 6). S. Dewan, "England's Edge", in Houston Press, 21 March 1996 (illustrated, p. 35). Unholy Libel Dinos & Jake Chapman, exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, 1997 (illustrated in colour, p. 137 and detail illustrated in colour, p. 136). J. Stallabrass, High Art Lite - British Art in the 1990s, London 1999, (illustrated, p. 146). R. Timms, A. Bradley and V. Hayward (eds.), Young British Art - The Saatchi decade, London 1999, (illustrated in colour, p. 247). Jake & Dinos Chapman: The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, El matrimonio de la razón y la miseria, exh. cat., Malaga, CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, 2004 (illustrated in colour, p. 19). D. Barret, Jake and Dinos Chapman (New Art Up-close), London 2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 25). C. Grunenberg and T. Barson (eds.), Jake and Dinos Chapman: Bad Art for Bad People, exh. cat., Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, 2006 (detail illustrated in colour, p. 68, installation view illustrated in colour, p. 140.).

Provenance:

Victoria Miro Gallery, London. Saatchi Collection, London. Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 December 1998, lot 130.