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The pillars of their work are shock effects and corny jokes, and their most important aesthetic strategy is to simply lower the boom. They made a name for themselves with first-rate fiberglass and resin sculptures of naked children wearing Nike tennis shoes who are joined together in the most improbable places and from whose bodies genitals jut out in even more improbable places. These sculptures bear titles such as Fuck Face (1994) and Two-faced Cunt (1995). Other works depict decomposing skeletons covered with flies, worms, and snakes, inspired by Goya's drawing cycle Los desastres de la Guerra (1810-1820). That the Chapman's additionally auctioned off two volumes from 1937 with original editions of these etchings and adorned them with Mickey Mouse faces, insect antennae, and swastikas, caused an outrage. The list of affronts, obscenities, and cynicisms in the Chapmans' extensive work goes on and on.
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