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Memento 9 - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2008 - MyArtBroker

Memento 9
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 30

Year: 2008

Size: H 120cm x W 108cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

Reminiscent of Hirst’s diamond-studded skull entitled For The Love Of God from 2007, this print is representative of one of the artist’s most iconic parts of his oeuvre. Hirst produced a series of sketches on the lead up to For The Love Of God, titled Death Explained, and in these sketches human mortality is represented in a clinical way. Decay and fear are absent from Hirst’s works that explore themes around mortality and are indicative of his interest in the intersection between aesthetics and science.

The subject matter of the Memento series is representative of Hirst’s most celebrated iconography: the skull, the diamond and the butterfly. The series comprises six prints of butterflies, six of skulls and one of a diamond skull, each image sharing the same composition and set against a dark backdrop. Set in dialogue with the butterflies in the first half of the Memento series, the skull stands in for the transitory nature of life and resurrection.

  • Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.

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