Jake and Dinos Chapman, My Giant Colouring Book 

Jake and Dinos Chapman

Jake and Dinos Chapman, My Giant Colouring Book VISUAL ART
My Giant Colouring Book is a new Hayward Touring exhibition of etchings by Jake and Dinos Chapman. The works appropriate join-the-dot drawings from a children’s picture book. The naïve innocence of the illustrations triggers a wild outpouring of fantastical imagery far removed from the original dot formations. This series of 21 etchings, offers a fascinating introduction to the imaginations of two of Britain’s most inventive and subversive artists.
Many of the Chapmans’ favourite themes are found here, often with a dark undercurrent. Monstrous creatures and hallucinatory scenes emerge, bristling with grotesque humour, and rich in allusions to art history: from medieval images of hell and damnation to Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. Includes sabre-toothed owls, psychedelic grinning cats and bears trapped in the belly of the Loch Ness monster. In describing the series, Dinos Chapman commented, “(They) are about how wrong you could make an image”.
Venue: artsdepot, APTHORP GALLERY, FREE
Location: : artsdepot, 5 Nether Street N12 0GA
Contact the Box Office for details (Tel: 020 8369 5454)
Start Date: SAT 25 OCT, 12PM – 4PM
Finish Date: SUN 23 NOV, 12PM – 4PM
Web address: www.artsdepot.co.uk