Ben Turnbull a London-based artist has dedicated his creativity to childhood nostalgia, mixing iconic toys and figures with the dark truth of American violence. He was expelled from two schools where he used to spend time drawing and carving out some exquisite caricatures on to a desk which today led him to be one of the controversial artists with his controversial works, surely knows how to make strong impact with his art. His project, I Don’t Like Mondays resembles the children’s toys mainly depicts the prevalence of violence in society today. Turnbull has taken desktops from old classrooms and whittled into them figures of guns, weapons and grenades.
