WWF Tiger Trail 2022
WWF Tiger Trail 2022
Jake Chapman
Jake Chapman 杰克・查普曼 | My extinction is just a precursor for your extinction 我滅絕只是你滅絕的前兆
Lot Closed
May 5, 03:41 AM GMT
Estimate
55,000 - 280,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Jake Chapman
b.1966
My extinction is just a precursor for your extinction
spray paint stencil on fiberglass with internal armature
220 by 70 by 60 cm
2021
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杰克・查普曼
b.1966
我滅絕只是你滅絕的前兆
模板噴畫、玻璃纖維（塗阻燃劑）及內部支架
220 x 70 x 60公分
2021年作
CONCEPT OF ARTWORK
How do we address the false altruistic sentiments of those who oppose the extinction of ‘exotic’ specimens, whilst prolonging exploitation in other forms of human activity? Is the extinction of one class of animal worse than the domestic overbreeding of other animals for mass consumption? ‘My extinction is just a precursor for your extinction’ aims to remind us of this paradox.
ABOUT JAKE CHAPMAN (UK)
Jake is one half of the Chapman brothers, British visual artists whose shocking, collaborative projects incorporate plastic or fibreglass models depicting gruesome scenes of Nazi soldiers, McDonald’s characters, skeletons, dinosaurs, and other oddities. They were central members of the group Young British Artists, much celebrated worldwide - along with Tracey Emin, Liam Gillick and Damien Hirst. They exhibited in 1997 in the influential exhibition "Sensation", which presented works of the Young British Artists from the entrepreneur Charles Saatchi's own collection. Turner Prize nominees, in 2003, their painting One Day You Will No Longer Be Loved Iii was the subject of Derren Brown’s Channel 4 special, The Great Art Robbery.
How do we address the false altruistic sentiments of those who oppose the extinction of ‘exotic’ specimens, whilst prolonging exploitation in other forms of human activity? Is the extinction of one class of animal worse than the domestic overbreeding of other animals for mass consumption? ‘My extinction is just a precursor for your extinction’ aims to remind us of this paradox.
ABOUT JAKE CHAPMAN (UK)
Jake is one half of the Chapman brothers, British visual artists whose shocking, collaborative projects incorporate plastic or fibreglass models depicting gruesome scenes of Nazi soldiers, McDonald’s characters, skeletons, dinosaurs, and other oddities. They were central members of the group Young British Artists, much celebrated worldwide - along with Tracey Emin, Liam Gillick and Damien Hirst. They exhibited in 1997 in the influential exhibition "Sensation", which presented works of the Young British Artists from the entrepreneur Charles Saatchi's own collection. Turner Prize nominees, in 2003, their painting One Day You Will No Longer Be Loved Iii was the subject of Derren Brown’s Channel 4 special, The Great Art Robbery.