Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst) went on the path of war. In December, he threatened to court the young artist used photos of his famous «skulls» in his collage , and most recently banned the director of documentary films Ben Lewis (Ben Lewis) to remove it. It is an installation «cornucopia», that Hurst provided on exhibition «Statuefiliya» (Statuephilia) in the British Museum . Installation is an eight wall cupboards, on shelves which are plastic cherepushki (total number 200), painted in cheerful colors. According to Lewis, Hurst is not permitted to withdraw its creation solely because the director is known for its harsh criticism of postmodern art.

«As if we live in a communist state - возмущается Lewis. - I want to withdraw some of the Hirst skull in a museum, but Hurst gave them to forbid me to do so. This institution [the British Museum. - Ed. ] has been on the taxpayers' money, and I have the right to remove a work of art ».

The film, which prepares Lewis, called Brave New Art World ( «O Brave new art world», referring to the famous antiutopii Aldous Huxley (Aldous Huxley) «A Brave New World»). In this tape, he wonders: why in the past five years, prices for contemporary art since jumped? According to the director, the works of young artists have been listed on the market so high solely through the efforts of «PR men». They are convincing people of the value of postmodern art, exposing the works of the major stars in the halls of the greatest museums in the world, - «Statuefiliya» in the British Museum example. Well, the incident to the installation of Hurst will give Lewis one more reason to scold in his film «totalitarian» art world.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Source: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru