"This is the first substantial survey of his work in a British institution and brings together key works from over twenty years. The exhibition includes iconic sculptures from his Natural History series, including The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living 1991, in which he suspended a shark in formaldehyde. Also included are vitrines such as A Thousand Years from 1990, medicine cabinets, pill cabinets and instrument cabinets in addition to seminal paintings made throughout his career using butterflies and flies as well as spots and spins. The two-part installation In and Out of Love, not shown in its entirety since its creation in 1991 and Pharmacy 1992 are among the highlights of the exhibition." Tate gallery Website
"As crowds flock to Damien Hirst's retrospective at Tate Modern, his signature spot and spin paintings, his diamond-studded skull and his animals in formaldehyde are the focus of intense interest. But is Hirst an important artist of our time? Or is he merely an accomplished showman?"
-Theres always controversy around Hirst
-stunt- skull with diamonds, which famously didnt sell
-like few artists, is his own improsario
-art world money and drama
-teams of workers in studioes produced his work whilst he was restoring a location to place his whole collection.
-themes of life and death
-became darker assosiation of death
-shock tactics
-overproduction of work
Financial times-Very money orientated,refering to damien as overpricing and having alot of money and suggesting that he remakes some of his work to make more money.
"Damien Hirst’s spots, sharks and carcasses certainly have their critics, but it seems even they have been drawn in for a peek at Tate Modern’s summer blockbuster.
The gallery announced today that the exhibition - an unashamed bonanza of the artist’s greatest hits, including 1991’s notorious, if now crumbling, tiger shark - has become their most-visited solo show ever, ahead of 2010’s blockbusting Gauguin show and 2004’sEdward Hopper retrospective." The sunday times
These three articles differ slightly, in that the writers all hint at their own opinions of Hirst. The finincial times was the most opinionated and most orientated around money,suggesting on several occasions that hirsts work was overpriced or that he was money orientated.It was also the most in depth as it was a 6m long video, therefore it described different works. It overall cast a fairly negative light on damien hirst himself, suggesting that he had a team of artists reproducing his work so that he could gain more money.
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