Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Southampton
Inside the death drive: excess and apocalypse in the world of the Chapman brothers
Research content/process:
This output was the first extended research-based elaboration of the significance of the work of the Chapman brothers in relation to both contemporary and historical art. Sole-editor Harris selected, commissioned and edited all contributions and wrote the sole-authored Introduction (5,000 words). Harris had convened and chaired a conference at Tate Liverpool on the Chapmans in 2009. Harris and Chapman co-produced the extended (and edited) interview, with notes and illustrations (pp172-212). Harris conceived the theme for the anthology, relating the Chapmans’ works to other twentieth and twenty-first century artists concerned with abjection and apocalyptic violence, including Tracey Emin, AES+F, Lee Miller and Faye HeavyShield.
