H1-2 Enter The Infinite - Dream
H1-2 Enter The Infinite - Dream
Tapestry
Damien Hirst
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Medium: Tapestry
Edition size: 20
Year: 2016
Size: H 25cm x W 25cm
Signed: No
Format: Tapestry
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Meaning & Analysis
H1-2 Enter The Infinite - Dream is a Jacquard-woven tapestry produced by the renowned contemporary artist Damien Hirst in 2016. The square tapestry comes in a limited edition size of 20 and shows a kaleidoscope pattern composed of red, yellow, blue and green thread. Yellow dominates this symmetrical composition which is mirrored both horizontally and vertically.
The tapestry is one of twelve tapestries that belong to Hirst’s Enter The Infinite collection. Each tapestry in this collection was made by Hirst using a Jacquard loom. The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom which uses a series of punch cards to control the weaving of patterns. The loom was invented by French weaver Joseph-Marie Jacquard in 1804 and revolutionised the production of textiles because of the way in which complex patterns could be manufactured by unskilled workers. Production time was also cut significantly which allowed for the reproduction en masse of textiles.
Hirst was very interested in the mechanical reproduction of artworks and the way in which the trace of the artist could be removed from an artwork. Hirst’s most notable exploration of reproduction in art are his Spot paintings in which Hirst deployed a team of assistants to produce huge compositions of identical spots which were evenly spaced out in a grid formation.
