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15 August 2011

The NS Interview: Jake and Dinos Chapman, artists

“We look at our work and think: why do we have to do this?”

By Sophie Elmhirst

For your new show, you worked apart. Did you want to destroy the idea of your partnership?
Jake:
The idea of suddenly, in our twilight years, deciding to work separately might have led one to believe that this could produce some more personalised, emotional work – but when you look, it’s just the same old shit.

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