'Spin Series: Butterfly' by Damien Hirst, 2009
Original acrylic hand-painted spin artwork.
Created with public collaboration at the Damien Hirst Spin Workshop to celebrate the opening of Requiem at the PinchukArtCentre, Ukraine.
20.7 x 27.6 Inches
52.6 x 70 Centimeters
27" x 34" x 1.5" (framed)
Hand-painted acrylic spin painting on form-cut archival fine art paper.
Original artwork (#1/1)
Stamped signature and inscription to verso;
"This painting was made by to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst, Requiem, at the PinchukArtCentre on April 25-26, 2009."
Damien Hirst [stamped signature] © Damien Hirst to verso with ‘Hirst’ blindstamp.
*Note: Professionally custom framed with acid-free matting, UV-plexiglass and black hardwood molding. Opening at the reverse to reveal text and stamped signature.
(Please allow additional shipping time for our framing.)
ARTIST BIO
Damien Hirst, a poster boy for the Young British Artists who rose to prominence in late 1980s London, is one of the most notorious artists of his generation. He has pushed the limits of fine art and good taste with sculptures that comprise dead animals submerged in formaldehyde; innumerable spot paintings that appear mass-produced and can sell for millions of dollars; and the exuberantly tacky 'For the Love of God' (2007), a human skull studded with 8,601 diamonds. Through his installations, sculptures, drawings, and paintings, Hirst explores themes including religion, mortality, and desire.
Since 1988, when the artist developed and curated “Freeze,” a groundbreaking exhibition of his work and that of his Goldsmiths College peers, he has been the subject of major shows at Tate Modern in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
In 2008, Damien Hirst controversially staged “Beautiful Inside my Head Forever,” an auction in which he sold his work directly to the public and raked in around $200 million for himself. His individual works have sold for more than $10 million at auction.