3. Paul McCarthy – Train, Mechanical 2003-2009
The artist’s fascination with aggression and mess is often apparent, under McCarthy’s control, the characters of innocent childhood fairy-tales can turn from benign to malevolent, an army of terrifying, sexually grotesque creatures, or in this case, the caricatures of George W. Bush make an appearance, a mechanised pot-bellied twin pair in fact, which rhythmically sodomise pigs who periodically swivel their heads and follow gallery visitors around the space with their eyes. Still not as horrific as Bush’s own paintings!