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Damien HirstDamien Hirst – Shark Spin Painting, 20092009
2009
$22,284.43
£16,689.32
€18,800
CA$31,237.20
A$34,416.12
CHF 17,815.87
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NOK 225,592
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Damien Hirst – Shark Spin Painting, 2009
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Framing: Museum-quality acrylic case with silver leaf wooden backing
Dimensions: W 76 x D 5,5 X H 71 cm.
Description:
This work by Damien Hirst, one of the most influential British contemporary artists, is part of his celebrated Spin Paintings series. Created in 2009 for the inauguration of the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine, Shark Spin Painting exemplifies Hirst’s exploration of chance, energy, and movement.
The shark is the central motif, one of the most iconic images in Hirst’s creative universe, symbolizing life, death, power, and the sublime, reinforcing the work’s strong symbolic impact.
Hirst’s technique involves a spinning mechanism that distributes pigments across the canvas, generating vibrant explosions of color, fluid transitions, and unique compositions. Each piece is completely original and unrepeatable, conveying a distinctive visual energy rooted in the gestural painting tradition.
Hirst described these works as “a massive explosion of energy, full of life, color, and optimism.” In Shark Spin Painting, this vitality is multiplied, resulting in a work of striking aesthetic and emotional impact, representative of Hirst’s radical visual language.
Condition: Excellent. The painting is housed in its original museum-quality acrylic case, enhancing depth, pigment vibrancy, and giving the work a near-sculptural presence.
Provenance: Direct from the artist’s exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv.
Authenticity: Signed and sealed on the reverse; guaranteed original by L.A Studio.
- Creator:Damien Hirst (1965, British)
- Creation Year:2009
- Dimensions:Height: 27.96 in (71 cm)Width: 29.93 in (76 cm)Depth: 2.17 in (5.5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Madrid, ES
- Reference Number:Seller: LA007002141stDibs: LU2889217045192
Damien Hirst
British artist Damien Hirst is widely considered the enfant terrible of contemporary art. He is the most prominent of the so-called Young British Artists, or YBAs, a group, largely composed of Hirst’s classmates at Goldsmiths, in London, that began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories after 1988 and is known for the use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics” in his paintings, prints, sculptures and other works.
In the 1990s, Hirst said, “I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.” And indeed, he is notorious for piquing critics and baffling the public with such pieces as his signature glass vitrines containing dead sheep or sharks in formaldehyde, and his diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God.
Working primarily in sculpture, Hirst takes after French modernist master Marcel Duchamp in his use of ready-made objects and materials, which he combines to ironic effect. He often creates in series, as with "The Cure (Violet)" and "The Cure (Turquoise)," both from 2014, which are among several pill paintings referencing Andy Warhol’s embrace of mass production.
Belonging to Hirst's ongoing series of “spot” paintings, begun in the 1980s, the 2005 piece Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution is striking for its machinelike, industrial uniformity and almost childlike simplicity, a seeming rebuke to the idea of the artist-as-genius.
In addition to making art, Hirst has launched stores that sell editioned works (Other Criteria), a restaurant (Pharmacy2) and even his own London museum (Newport Street Gallery).
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