Arts+Culture / IncomingArts+Culture / IncomingBen Turnbull at the Lazarides GalleryA love-hate relationship with America in "A Nightmare on Greek Street", an exhibition of politically-charged art.ShareLink copied ✔️August 12, 2008August 12, 2008Text Dazed Digital Ben Turnbull at the Lazarides Gallery London-based artist/satirist Ben Turnbull has returned to Soho's Lazarides Gallery with an exhibition that comments on chemical arracks, paranoid states, death by underground and all things pop-culturally terror-tastic. Using mostly found objects, toy props as well as a life size statue of Captain America, this exhibition strengthens the gallery's reputation as one of the best bases in London for unconventional/renegade art.Turnbull, clearly angered and frustrated by the current state of the world, has created a fantasy land where babies in orange Guantanamo-esque suits hang out in a cot below a hovering mobile of passenger planes and where flying ducks are turned into a row of bombs that the audience are invited to detonate.The works themselves, whilst not exactly subtle, are well-crafted and amusing, and will give you something to ponder as you head back to Old Compton street for your Saturday morning coffee and tiramisu at Patisserie Valerie. Meshing current affairs with paranoia, violence and the acts of horror committed every hour of the day, Turnbull has something to say and says it well.While it would be easy to categorise these installations as mere America-bashing, look a little harder and it’s clear that Turnbull actually has some sort of obsession with the home of the brave in all its forms – perhaps due to reading a few too many Marvel comics as a child. In fact Turnbull claims to actually love America, although he apparently has not visited the country, as to him it should only exist in its popular culture as an "adrenalised dimension where the people speak in wisecracks and every helicopter eventually explodes".A Nightmare on Greek Street is on at the Lazarides Gallery until August 25. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.Trending7 sex worker-approved films about sex workSex workers have slammed Sam Levinson for his depiction of the industry in Euphoria. Here, we share our top recommendations for more true-to-life representations Film & TVArt & PhotographyTender portraits of Vietnamese youth in Berlin PumaFashionSalehe Bembury’s Puma collection is a love letter to the football communityMusicWhat Drain Gang's Thaiboy Digital did nextBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaArt & PhotographyDressing for a ball: Dazed serves football couture for summer Nike FashionNike celebrates the culture of U.S. soccerMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’BeautyWeight loss, dysphoria and the quest for ‘gendered’ bodiesEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy