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The Cure (ice pink, mauve, raspberry) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2014 - MyArtBroker

The Cure (ice pink, mauve, raspberry)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 15

Year: 2014

Size: H 72cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

The Cure (ice pink, mauve, raspberry) is one of thirty prints that compose The Cure series. The bold and vibrant colours Hirst uses in this print, along with the others in the series, resonate with the Pop Art style popularised by Andy Warhol in the 1960s. Hirst was clearly inspired by Warhol who took everyday objects and made them into fine art. As Warhol strove to blur the boundaries between high and low culture, in The Cure series, Hirst attempts to challenge the dichotomy between art and science by showing how medicine can be the subject of an artwork.

The Cure series is based on the minimalist aesthetic of the medicinal pill which, despite its simple appearance, behaves in an extremely complex and ingenious way. Hirst has long been interested in medicine and pharmaceuticals and calls modern medicine a contemporary belief system, likening it to religion. Hirst further developed this interest in 2017 with his Eat the Rich series in which he depicted tablet boxes and pharmaceutical packaging, instead of focussing on the pharmaceutical products themselves, as he does in The Cure series.

  • 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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