British artist Damien Hurst threatened to sue the 16-year-old Kartreyna, used photos of his works in his collages

kontseptualist British artist Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst) has threatened to sue the 16-year-old Kartreyna (Cartrain), used photos of his works in his collages, reported The Independent.

Photo Products Demiena Hirst «For the love of the Lord» (For the Love of God), representing the human skull made of platinum, diamonds and human teeth, Kartreyn put on his collages, which are sold via the internet on 65 pounds. At the collages a skull head on the ground of people from other photos, or as one of the options in the cart at the supermarket, filled with carrots.

Two weeks after the placement of collage in the gallery with its network owners have contacted the representatives of the Society for the Protection of Copyright (Artists Copyright Society), declared that the illegal sale of these collages.

From Kartreyna demanded to withdraw the collages from sales, giving them the originals and all the proceeds. What he did. Otherwise, it expected the trial. As reported Kartreynu representative of the Society for the Protection of the copyright claims made by the initiator itself Damien Hurst.

Damien Hurst, who became the world's richest artist in the late 2000's, created the «For the love of God» in 2007. Three weeks after the first demonstration of the work the artist John LeKey (John LeKay), a former friend of Hirst in the early 1990's, said that he makes such a skull made of precious stones since 1993. But any litigation over this statement was not followed.

Source: lenta.ru