Art Wars: 12 Stormtrooper Helmets Get Hilarious High-Art Makeovers

In a film packed with great costume and localise design ( Leia ’s buttocks ! The AT - ATs ! Tauntaun guts ! ) , the Stormtroopers ’ glistening white exoskeletons are among the most memorable detail from Star Wars . Which is what makesArt Warsa lot of fun : As part of a show at London mega - gallerySaatchi , 19 artists were impart a cavalryman helmet and told to go wild .

The helmets — which are being auctioned off subsequently this calendar month — are part of a fundraiser forMissing Tom , an organization dedicated to find a long - miss brother of laminitis Ben Moore . To get the labor off the ground , Moore collaborate with an industrial identify Andrew Ainsworth — who was creditworthy for fabricating the original Stormtrooper suits produce for A New Hope and the subsequent films .

Moore and Ainsworth gave out helmets to a group of 19 artists and require them to come back with an original firearm . Some are more interesting than others : Damien Hirst ’s contribution is bland to the point of humor , while Jake and Dinos Chapman sculpture white house of cards of plastic onto theirs . Check ’em all out below — or check out Art Wars at Saatchi Gallery until October 13 . [ Saatchi Gallery;Co . Design ]

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