Aaron Brooks Self Care (Bottle Wash), 2023Archival Pigment Print with deckled edges on Cold Press cotton paper 16 x 20 in
Hand Signed + Numbered by the artist. Printed in Colorado by CIK STUDIOS.
Hirst-isms is a collection of quotations--bold, surprising, often humorous, and always insightful--from celebrated artist Damien Hirst, whose controversial work explores the connections between art, religion, science, life, and death. Emerging in the 1990s as a leading member of the Young British Artists (YBAs), Hirst first became famous and gained a reputation as a provocateur with a series of artworks featuring dead and sometimes dissected animals (including a shark, sheep, and cow) preserved in glass tanks filled with formaldehyde.
Gathered from interviews and other primary sources and organized by subject, these quotations explore Hirst's early years, family life, and the beginnings of his fascination with art; the major themes of his work; his influences and heroes; his motivation; his process and the boundary-pushing production of his work; and his thoughts on the art world, fame, and money. The result is a comprehensive and nuanced book that sheds new light on a fascinating and important contemporary artist.
Title: Hirst-Isms
Artist: Damien Hirst
Author: Damien Hirst
Editor: Larry Warsh
ISBN: 0691239851
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 0.63 x 5.35 x 4.33 in
Pages: 144 pages
Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant)Global Harmony, 2023Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper24 x 24 inEdition of 550
Hand Signed & Numbered by the artist. Accompanied by Digital Certificate of Authenticity provided by Verisart.
FROM SHEPARD FAIREYThe Global Harmony print incorporates a mandala, a symbol of harmony and wholeness, at the center of a target. The bird and globe engraving suggests the possibility of thinking about the planet's future with a unified global perspective. The target symbolizes both the aim of constructive paths forward and also the attacks on the acknowledgment of global peril by fossil fuel corporations and the climate change deniers they prop up in politics. Will the flame be the symbol of inspiration or destruction? The choice is ours! A portion of this edition will be sold in Singapore in conjunction with my "The Future is Unwritten" exhibition at Opera Gallery. Greenpeace USA will receive a portion of proceeds from the sale of this print to benefit their efforts to combat climate change.– Shepard
