Damien Hirst painting-adorned turning the Olympic Stadium
For the closing ceremony the leader of "Young British Artist" Damien Hirst created the big picture, the rotation of the history: the final show scene was decorated with colorful explosion of colors in the Union Jack
Damien Hirst picture-rotation for the Olympic Stadium in London. 2012
Source: ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com
At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London, the country - the owner decided to show off all the games with their talents. In the grand final show at the Olympic Stadium was attended by British music icons, actors, supermodels and ... the artist Damien Hirst. And even if he had not appeared on stage in person, for it is more than "worked" the stage itself Olympic Stadium. Especially for the final show Hearst graced the stage with a diameter of 130 meters of the largest picture-rotation in history. This famous series of paintings, begun in the 90s, the leader of "Young British Artists" calls "a powerful explosion of energy, vitality, color and optimism." You can say that at the closing ceremony of the Olympics, this "explosion" has reached a really global scale. Colorful flashes of white, blue and red, and eight podium finishes, along which the athletes and singers were together avant-garde version of the British Union Jack flag. The work of Hirst's Olympic Committee has called a symbol of "a dynamic, anarchic energy of the British pop art».
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
Sources : ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com , artinvestment.ru
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