Statuephilia at the british museum a series of videos from the british museum looking at the statuephilia exhibition, including works by antony gormley, marc quinn and damien hirst 19. Damien hirst treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable. The 63 hirst pieces were installed throughout the museum amongst its own collection of artefacts and displays. Yet, there is no denying hirst s role in fueling the engine of the modern british art scene.
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The foundations of damien hirsts philosophy on death and. Around seven, fiveweek long exhibitions are staged in the modestlysized space per year, either solo shows of the gallerys artists or exhibitions of established international artists the gallery opened with a damien hirst exhibition, for instance. Damien hirst discusses the symbolism of the skull and his piece inspired by the british museum collection source. Polar bear zoodamien hirst artclassic booksvan gogh21st century. Relics constitutes the new and largest ever retrospective of damien hirst s work, including both iconic, and previously unseen artworks, spanning twentyseven years of the artists career. The british council sent two very young artists, hannah collins and damien hirst.
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