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From the outset of his career Hirst was interested in the possibilities of printmaking and the multiple image. One of the main strands of Hirst’s work are the spot paintings which he first introduced in 1988. Referred to as his pharmaceutical paintings, Hirst invented the composition of coloured spots in a grid as a system offering endless possibilities with only one simple rule – for each work all colours could only be used once. The spot prints seduce through exuberant colours and are technically accomplished and labour-intensive as each spot needs to be inked individually before printing. The titles of each spot print derive from chemical substances used by the pharmaceutical industry.
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| First Name | Damien |
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| Last Name | Hirst |
| Artist Description | Damien Hirst (born 7 June 1965 in Bristol, UK) is an artist of global reputation. Hirst first came to public attention in London in 1988 when he conceived and curated Freeze, an exhibition in a disused warehouse, which showed his work and that of his friends and fellow students at Goldsmiths College, London. He is now seen as the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain and elsewhere during the 1990s. Notable for his energy and inventiveness, Hirst has produced a dazzling series of challenging works as installations, sculpture, painting and drawing that have propelled him to international fame over some 30 years. His long-established interest in themes of death, science, religion and love were manifest in the first retrospective of his work in a British institution in 2012 at Tate Modern, which attracted over 400,000 visitors, a record for the museum. The year 2017 was marked by a major exhibition in Venice to coincide with the 2017 Venice Biennale, titled ‘Treasures from the Wreck of The Unbelievable,’ which was ten years in the making. |
| Edition of | 55 |
| Ed Date | 2012 |
| Inscriptions | Signed by the artist & numbered on the reverse |
| Short Technique | woodcut |
| Sheet Size | 20.3 x 50.8 cm |
| Sheet Size (Inches) | 8 x 20 in |
| Image Size | n/a |
| Image Size (inches) | n/a |
| Technical Description | An 8-inch spot woodcut, printed on 410gsm Somerset White Paper, published by The Paragon Press in 2012. |
| Technique Pop ups | The woodcut spot is achieved by covering the side-grain wooden block surface with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer). The impression is printed by placing the paper directly on the woodblock and then applying pressure either by hand or through a press. |
| Price on Application | Yes |
| Display Custom Popup | No |
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| Custom Pop up Description | No |