Back when I got my first job in 1996, my Creative Director gave me a book to look at called ‘LaChapelle Land’ that simply astounded me. Needless to say I hunted down my own first edition numbered copy… and it takes pride of place on my bookcase at home.

‘Heaven to Hell’ is LaChapelle’s third in a trilogy that began with ‘LaChapelle Land’. The images contained within the pages and follow in the same astonishing, color-saturated, and provocative style but this time there is more of a reference to Renaissance, art history, cinema, The Bible, pornography, and the new globalized pop culture… hence the title ‘Heaven to Hell’.

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Want to own a piece of original art by the current enfants terribles of British Art, Jake and Dinos Chapman for £4.95? Then make haste to Liberty’s in London this week and buy a copy of AnOther Magazine’s Decade in Style Issue.  Apparently each person buying a copy of the magazine from Liberty will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 5 banknotes illustrated by the Chapmans. And you get 5p change from a fiver for your fiver.

I like this cheeky little promotion. It’s a genuine chance to own a bit of the Chapman’s art without having the bank balance of Charles Saatchi. These naughty notes bear all the trademarks of the Chapman’s subversive wit (complete with Goya references) without living with the full horror of a Chapman installation in your front room.

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