James Unsworth grew up in Liverpool with two older brothers who fed him on a diet of Thrash Metal, Clive Barker, Stephen King and Video Nasties. This culture stirred in the artist a curiosity about the extremes of the human condition and eventually drew him to London to study fine art at The Royal College of Art.
With his work filled with hyper-unreal depictions of murder, sex and dismemberment, comic/horrific figures engaged in acts of disembowelment, degradation and desecration. James Unsworth’s work tries to challenge and question current ideas about taboo, sexuality, beauty, stereotypes, repression and fantasy.
In keeping with his forte, his latest exhibition at The Five Hundred Dollars Club sees child hood favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles engaging in all manner of sex acts, across a range of media from delicate lines to garish lo-res graphics and set design, challenging childhood memories.
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