Their 'Hell' is a grand vision of totalitarian excess run rampant that takes the form of a dystopian landscape enclosed in nine perspex boxes. Thousands upon thousands of these tiny figures are obsessively and compulsively beheaded, burnt and mutilated in this homage to Boschian detail. Wandering through the labyrinthine galleries of the RA on the press day only served to add an extra element of the surreal to the environment. Around every corner, outraged commentators stood in front of artworks, puffing up their protests for the camera, while elsewhere Royal Academy curators carefully fielded questions to deflate controversy. It's unfortunate that the Royal Academy, having come up with a sales pitch that would make PT Barnum proud, sees fit to indulge in so much hand-wringing.
Apocalypse is pornographic, pointless, sensationalist and shocking.
And all the better for it.