Bad Behaviour, a book published for the 2003 exhibition of the same name, explores the boundaries of acceptable behaviour in contemporary art - excess, anti-social conduct, sexual taboos and political subversion all feature across various disciplines. Interestingly the roots of such work reveal the ephemeral nature of 'shocking' work - Works such as Picasso's early collages (Still Life with Chair-caning for example), Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel and Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII, although now considered modern masterpieces, at the time were gross acts of social taboo, undermining the artistic sensibilities of the times. Bad Behaviour looks at artists who although are not perhaps shaking the very foundations of art history, are however acting as 'social irritants', subverting and toying with ideas of art, humour and politics. The idea of subversion appeals to me and is a tool I use in much of my own work - the subtly of rearrangement, changed perspectives and perverse semiotics such as PINK, an anagram made from the UKIP party's logo. In the slideshow below I have included the works from Bad Behaviour I have found most relevant and some work of my own I feel has been influenced by the emerging themes.