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If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be

Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
Jake and Dinos Chapman at their If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be exhibition Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
The installation is displayed in nine glass cabinets arranged in a swastika shape Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
It uses tens of thousands of miniature figures Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
The figures are shown enduring a variety of torments Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
The installation replaces the brothers' work Hell, which was lost in a fire that destroyed much of Charles Saatchi's art collection four years ago Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
'You couldn't fail to see something funny about Hell being on fire,' said Jake Chapman Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
Jake and Dinos Chapman's If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be
The brothers immediately resolved to remake the lost work Photograph: Joel Ryan/PA
If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be by Jake and Dinos Chapman
They have entitled Hell's replacement installation Fucking Hell Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be by Jake and Dinos Chapman
'We wanted to rescue the work from the sentimentality that soon clothed [it] after it burned,' explains Jake Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be by Jake and Dinos Chapman
The tiny figures are bloodied, dismembered, throttled, impaled or beheaded Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be by Jake and Dinos Chapman
'The idea of a world without Hell was unacceptable to us,' says Jake Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be by Jake and Dinos Chapman
Along with paintings by Hitler that the brothers have customised with rainbow skies and smiley faces, the installation is on show at the White Cube from May 30 2008 Photograph: Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters
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