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Friendly tip: The artwork in today's article may require you to make some psychological preparation. The further back you look, the more courage it takes.
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Let me ask you a question first. If you go to a restaurant to eat, what will make you feel uncomfortable? Maybe everyone's answer is different, such as seeing a dish with hair flies, flesh with blood, or even a less beautiful decorative painting, which can be unpleasant.
What if a huge animal poem hangs in front of your eyes, you can see it when you look up during the whole meal?
Don't think it's impossible, the British artist DamienHurst did just that—
The Rooster and the Bull
The artist created two new works of art for a newly opened restaurant in London called Tramshed. One of them, which hangs 4 meters high in the middle of the restaurant floor, is called "The Rooster and the Bull". The piece consists of "a locally produced cow and a rooster in Hereford, which are soaked in glass containers filled with formaldehyde."
Isn't the combination of animal specimens, chemicals and food quite amazing? The piece was quite controversial, but the restaurant became more famous for it.
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"The Living Are Indifferent to the Dead"
And the handling of this animal specimen and the strange artistic expression method is not the first time that Damienhurst has been made.
His most classic work is this dead shark art -
A 14-foot (5-meter) tiger shark is placed in a glass cabinet filled with formaldehyde. Dangerous animals that were so ferocious and so large before they died showed themselves in this way. People do not pity its life, but only appreciate it as a pure object.
The artist gave it a memorable and philosophically speculative name: the living are indifferent to the deceased.
These animal poetry specimens above are the contemporary art that made him famous, and he quickly won his reputation. Damienhurst says he is exploring life. He used many animal poems soaked in formaldehyde solutions to illustrate death, and also expressed the transience of biological existence.
Damienhurst
During his studies at the London School of Art, Damienhurst interned in a hospital morgue, an experience that influenced his later themes and materials.
In addition to these specimens of animal poetry that look more decent and have some aesthetics, the following may make you feel "the horror of life" and "cruelty".
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In 1986, at the age of 21, Hearst moved to London to attend the Fine Arts Department at Goldsmith College. Two years later, he convened 16 student painters for an exhibition with the theme "Frozen". "Frozen" creates a sense of cold, numb, hollow, ironic modernity.
It can be said that the works of this series have caused him a sensation. At this time, his artistic expression was basically formed, that is, the use of display windows, dead animals and medical means to create.
The way these dead animals were hung in huge potion cabinets made me think of the "Christ of the Passion" at one point—how he was crucified.
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Damienhurst's work is all about SW and involves a lot of works that we think are "unlucky". But interestingly, there are a large number of rich and wealthy people, all of whom are buyers and collectors of his art.
In 2004, the game was acquired at a high price by U.S. hedge fund manager Steven Cohen for a reported bid of £8 million, making it one of the most expensive contemporary art pieces of the time.
Beckham Collection butterfly poetry
British star David Beckham is also a fan of Damienhurst. In 2003, For £250,000, Little bought a piece by Hearst as a fourth-anniversary wedding gift to his wife, Victoria. The heart-shaped painting of the Butterfly Poetry is bright pink on the background, and a few butterflies are nailed to embellish it.
A global brand that controls a thriving business empire. No artist can make the sale of art into such a large industry.
When asked how much he was worth, how confident was Damienhurst? Come and see—" I don't know. About £100 million. ”