DAMIEN HIRST 'Away from the Flock (Lamb in Formaldehyde)' UK Exhibition Poster

Description: DAMIEN HIRST (b. 1965, Bristol, England) 'Away from the Flock (Lamb in Formaldehyde)', 1994/2009 NEW Offset Lithograph Poster This poster was produced on the occasion of the 2009 group exhibition, Artist Rooms at NGS. The image shown is Damien Hirst's, 'Away from the Flock', 1994. Dimensions: 27" x 19" sheet. Excellent condition / BRAND NEW (never framed or displayed). GREAT GIFT ITEM!!! With this work Damien Hirst is forcing us to focus on the humble sheep, an animal that has been providing us with food and warmth for centuries, transforming it from the mundane into something special. This strayed sheep highlights the importance of its title, ‘Away from the Flock’ a term we associate with religion, specifically Christianity, – "to leave the flock" is to leave behind the protection of the church. Hirst draws on precedents in earlier British art. In a famous painting by Holman Hunt, called ‘Our English Coasts’ or ‘Strayed Sheep’ 1852, the pre-Raphaelite artist shows straying sheep putting themselves at danger on the cliffs of southern England – a clear reference to religious decay. Although obviously dead and pickled in formaldehyde, the sheep in Hirst’s work looks oblivious to its fate and seems to be prancing with life. Damien Hirst is an English artist and the most prominent member of the group known as "Young British Artists" (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reputed to be the richest living artist to date. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended. Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved -- sometimes having been dissected -- in formaldehyde. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine became the iconic work of British art in the 1990s, and the symbol of Britart worldwide. He has also made "spin paintings," created on a spinning circular surface, and "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly-colored circles. Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol, UK. He lives and works in London and Devon. For the past two decades he has been widely acknowledged as the most important and influential artist of his generation.'Damien Hirst: Natural History', the first-ever exhibition Hirst’s groundbreaking works employing formaldehyde, will be on view at Gagosian Gallery, London from 3/10/2022. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS BY CLICKING MY Store ICON ABOVE<

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