(Picture: Chemical X/Instagram)

This is Chemical X’s latest creation.

The British artist, who rose to fame with a series of pieces featuring a load of E pills is back – drugs included.

This time, his artwork is called ‘The Spirit of Ecstasy’ and it’s been constructed out of more than 7,000 ‘meticulously hand placed’ ecstasy pills.

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Known for designing the original Ministry of Sound logo, Chemical X’s identity is unknown.


His newest piece – a collaboration with artist Shoony – uses ecstasy to create mesmerising concentric circles around a hyperrealistic model made out of silicone and fibreglass – suspended in ripples of E.

Apparently, Chemical X isn’t being drawn to say who the model’s based on but she does seem to have similar tattoos to Cara Delevigne – including the lion on her index finger and the ‘bacon’ tattoo on her foot.

According to a press release however, ‘the British model and actress, who is a fan of Chemical X’s and already collects his work, has been identically recreated – as a hyperreal silicone and fibreglass model’.



But that many pills don’t come cheap.

The piece is supposed to be valued at around £1 million and will go on show later this month in a secret location in London, as part of Chemical X’s new show, CX300.

The show will feature 16 other artworks, using up to 17,000 pills in each which have been manufactured in a private lab.

A percentage of the sale price of ‘The Spirit of Ecstacy’ is going to go to The Loop – the UK’s first festival drug testing service.

H/T Fact Mag

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