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The Dead (gunmetal, lime green) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (gunmetal, lime green)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 30cm x W 42cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

The print, made in 2009, is part of the artist’s The Dead series, which is composed of thirty-one prints. The prints are all similar in design and format, however the difference lies in the unique combination of colours that Hirst uses in each print. The skulls rendered in the series are a means for Hirst to confront the subject of life and death through the use of art. The Dead is not the only series by Hirst which takes its inspiration from the skull icon. The image of a skull also dominates the I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am series from 2007, as well as Hirst’s Memento etchings from 2008.

Hirst enjoys investigating and challenging contemporary belief systems, such as religion, love and medicine through his art and his works are a means for him to dissect the tensions at the heart of human experience. Throughout The Dead series, Hirst explores the tension between living and dying, as exemplified through the use of lively colours to depict such a morbid icon.

  • 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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