Visual Dialogues: Disasters of War

See the Chapman Brothers' gruesome sculpture Disasters of War alongside the Goya etchings that inspired it.

We're currently showing 30 rarely-displayed Goya prints from our collections in an exhibition called Fantasies, Follies and Disasters.

And now, the rarely-displayed etchings by Francisco de Goya have caught the imagination of a dynamic group of young people called the Creative Consultants. These young people regularly attend sessions at the gallery to explore their interest in art  and are currently working with us on our annual Visual Dialogues partnership with Tate. 

As part of this project, they have selected to display Jake and Dinos Chapman's sculpture Disasters of War (1993) alongside the etchings by Goya of the same name. The Chapman Brothers' sculpture  (on loan from Tate) is made of expertly crafted model figures in miniature, commiting atrocious acts of violence.

From late November, a surprise addition or additions will also join the display, developed by our Creative Consultants together with artist Katy McCall. Whatever this new addition is (it's still to be decided at the time of writing), the Consultants intend to create something that will make you think about the Goya and Chapman works in new and different ways.

Visual Dialogues: Young people and artists interpreting art together is supported by Tate, DCMS and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.