Damien Hirst
Painting By Numbers (Blue)
Cardboard box comprising of a stretched canvas with 90 enamel paints and 90 brushes. Canvas stamp-signed in red on verso.
Framed in two perspex boxes; one containing the cardboard box and polyfoam packaging, and a smaller one with the empty canvas.
Framed in two perspex boxes; one containing the cardboard box and polyfoam packaging, and a smaller one with the empty canvas.
80 x 54 cm
43 x 48 cm
43 x 48 cm
Edition of 175
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Confronted by the media in the late-nineties, questioning the use of assistants in the creation of the spot paintings, Damien Hirst replied with few words and two new artworks titled...
Confronted by the media in the late-nineties, questioning the use of assistants in the creation of the spot paintings, Damien Hirst replied with few words and two new artworks titled Painting By Numbers. Delving into the beauty of infinity was more important than spending time pleasing the critics. In the spot paintings, representing one theme of many in his practice, Hirst found a source to endless sceneries; visualised in perfect grids and utilising colour to guide the emotions of the viewer. The red and blue DIY-kit was an amusing response to his critics, and adding an unexpected act of a gallery cleaner, Painting By Numbers contributed to the ever-present question: what is art?
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