"End of an era" of Damien Hirst
Today, Larry Gagosian Gallery in New York opened an exhibition of new works of the famous and scandalous Briton Damien Hirst
Today, 30 January, Larry Gagosian Gallery in New York opened an exhibition of new works by Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst).
title of the exhibition - "The End of an era "- borrowed from the work of the same name, occupies a central place in the exposition. This installation, made in your favorite format Hirst: the severed head of a bull with gilded horns and a golden disc between them is placed in the aquarium with formaldehyde. The first look at this work sends the viewer to the famous "golden calf" (2008), sold on a solo auction of Hirst's Beautiful Inside My Head Forever for a record 10 million pounds . That's only if the "golden calf" biblical idol appears in all its power and beauty, then the "end of an era" Hearst has decided to decapitate the idol.
Another exhibit a new exhibition - "Doomsday" (2009) - also made by the traditional Hurst scheme "medical classrooms. One of these installations - "Sleepy Spring" (2002), sold in 2007 at Sotheby's for 9.7 million pounds - even for some time has topped the list of the most expensive works of authors still alive . As for new work, this time Hirst has decided to showcase the gold, and inside it, instead put 30 thousand tablets of synthetic diamonds.
The exhibition can be seen and painting. This photorealistic paintings with images of famous diamond "Golden Jubilee" (2008), "Agra" (2006) and "First Rose" (2006). They exhibited together for the first time.
Not long ago, Damien Hirst announced that finalizing tirage series, brought him fame, including over-rotations paintings, paintings of butterflies, paintings with circles . He promised to give up the scarecrows in formaldehyde, and from "health points". And at the end of last year Museum Wallace Collection, which has an excellent collection of works of fine and decorative art XV - XIX centuries even held a painting exhibition of Hirst , executed in traditional techniques. Given all the above facts, it becomes clear that the title for the opening today of the exhibition was not chosen by chance. But will "The End ..." preceding the beginning of a new era?
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