DINOS CHAPMAN 'Skulls', 2000 SIGNED Neck Tie Limited Edition #051/300 **NIB**

Description

DINOS CHAPMAN (b. 1962, UK),
'
Skulls
' (Cultural Tie), 1999/2000
SIGNED
Limited-Edition Artist Tie
Beautiful 70% Silk / 30% Polyester tie is embroidery
SIGNED
'
Dinos Chapman
' on the back. Limited edition of 300. Numbered '
051
' on accompanying certificate. The tie measures 4" at its widest point. Made in Italy.
BRAND NEW
in original presentation box (18" x 6" x 2"; some wear to box).
A GREAT & ORIGINAL GIFT ITEM!!!
Cultural Ties
was an exciting and unique fusion of art and fashion. This imaginative global project was the brain child of London art dealer Kapil Jariwala: the brief was for seventy-seven leading artists from around the world to design neck tie mock-ups which were translated into textile format by Como, Italy's Ratti silk factory. A
limited edition, only 300 of each tie
, were produced and sold worldwide via selected retail outlets, gallery shops and the internet. The project, in association with UNICEF, was supported by Gavin Aldred, owner of the Westzonegalleryspace, where the artwork for the project was exhibited, and Westzone Publishing Ltd.
"
Art and fashion have come together for Cultural Ties, a project that aims to raise m (about pounds 700,000) for Unicef's clean-water campaign. Artists such as the Chapman Brothers, Jeff Koons and Louise Bourgeois have each come up with a unique design for a necktie, and these have been produced in a limited-edition of 300 by Versace's tie-maker.
"
--
Independent, The (London)
, November 12, 2000
Jake Chapman (b. 1966, UK) and Dinos Chapman (b. 1962, UK) are brothers and conceptual artists, known as the
Chapman Brothers
, who work almost exclusively in collaboration with each other. They came to prominence as part of the
Young British Artists
(YBA) movement promoted by Charles Saatchi.
The Chapmans make work that examines cultural and historical stereotypes, using acerbic and surreal humor to question the status quo of hegemonic iconographies. They have described their practice as a way of establishing ‘how and whether we are allowed, or able, to show moral views’ and this exhibition addresses such subjects, challenging collective fears and anxieties through a selection of highly confrontational and culturally dislocating works.
Working together since their graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1990, the Chapmans first received critical acclaim in 1991 for a diorama sculpture entitled '
Disasters of War
' created out of remodelled plastic figurines enacting scenes from Goya's '
Disasters of War
' etchings. Later they took a single scene from the work and meticulously transformed it into a '
Great Deeds Against the Dead
' (1994), a life-size tableau of reworked fibreglass mannequins depicting three castrated and mutilated soldiers tied to a tree.
Arguably their most ambitious work was '
Hell
' (1999), an immense tabletop tableau, peopled with over 30,000 remodelled, 2-inch-high figures, many in Nazi uniform and performing egregious acts of cruelty. The work combined historical, religious and mythic narratives to present an apocalyptic snapshot of the twentieth-century. Tragically this work was destroyed in the MOMART fire in 2004 and the Chapmans rebuked by saying they would make another, more ambitious in scale and detail - the result of which was '
Fucking Hell
' (2008). The interim saw '
The Chapman Family Collection
' (2002), comprised of a group of sculptures that bring to mind the loot from a Victorian explorer's trophy bag, yet also portraying characters from McDonald's. The conflation of the exotic fetish and the cheap fast-food giveaway, imperialism and globalisation, created a powerful sense of dislocation. '
Like A Dog Returns To Its Vomit
' (2005), was an exhibition of the Chapmans' graphic works, a large collection of etchings and drawings displayed on two walls and arranged in the shape of dogs. Many of the works were reinterpretations of Goya etchings, including the '
Disasters of War
' and the '
Los Caprichos
' series. Using the Tate Collection's erotomanic sculpture '
Little Death Machine (Castrated)
' (1993) as their point of departure, the Chapmans created '
When Humans Walked the Earth
' (2008) an installation of ten improbable machines, cast in bronze and now ossified, emulating aspects of human behaviour with a trademark subversive wit.
The Chapmans live and work in London. They have exhibited extensively, including solo shows at BlainSouthern, London, UK (2017); Arter, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA (2017); Magasin III, Stockholm, Sweden (2016); LD50 Gallery, London, UK (2015); Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2015); Brandts Museum, Odense, Denmark (2015); Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK (2014); Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, UK (2013); Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine (2013); The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia (2012); Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, Italy (2010); Hastings Museum, UK (2009); Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, Germany (2008); Tate Britain, London, UK (2007); Tate Liverpool, UK (2006); Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB), Austria (2005); Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Germany (2003); Modern Art Oxford, UK (2003); and PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY (2000).
Group exhibitions have included: Musée Cantini, Marseille, France (2016); Milan Triennale Food Expo, Milan, Italy (2015); Louvre-Lens Museum, Lens, France (2014); ICA, London, UK (2014); MUDAM, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (2014); Tate Britain, London, UK (2013); Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (2013); 1st Kiev International Biennale, Ukraine (2012); 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2010); Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX (2010); ‘
Rude Britannia
’, Tate Britain, London, UK (2010); Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany (2010); Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, S.M.A.K, Ghent, Belgium (2010), National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (2009); Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany (2009); British Museum, London, UK (2009); Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille, France (2008); The Turner Price, Tate Britain, London, UK (2003).
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