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Two of my favourite contemporary artist are Jake and Dinos Chapman. The Chapmans’ seem to to be nicely demolishing the contemporary postmodern art world, with its great expressions of emptiness and nothingness without purpose. They seem to be reconceiving what art needs to be in 21st century, opening an all new space…

This artwork featuring Stephen Hawking called “Ubermensch”, speaks for itself about contemporary values.

Here are two views.

I met Jake Chapman at his Melbourne talk a few years back. While Kristen got her copy of Meatphysics signed conversation turned to Chapmans’ artwork “Hell” and how, in an anti-Adorno vein, holocausts themselves have a potential to be considered as acts of the darkest poetry. Much like Chapman’s own piece, “Hell”. His is a very daring and confrontational mind. I felt in the presence of a kindred spirit.