Ben Turnbull: American History X

Olly Walker’s relationship with the highly-collectible British artist Ben Turnbull continued with assisting in the series American History X, which features collages of heroes and villains crafted from vintage comics. These pieces question our tendency to pigeonhole public figures in the binary categories favoured by superhero stories. This scepticism extends to a set of satirical sculptures he created that show the heads of US presidents on PEZ candy dispensers. “They’re about the regurgitation of the same old political sweet talk,” said Turnbull of his work.