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The Cultural Value of Damien Hirst
By Annie, Georgia and Erin
What does this imagemake you think?
- 850,000 houseflies plus 111 generations
- 45,000 insects of more than 3,000 species
- 17,000 butterflies of the Own and Heliconius species
- 5 birds
- BODY COUNT: 912,005
“Fly Paintings and Sculptures” (2002–2008); “Butterfly Colour Paintings” (1989–2009); “Entomology Cabinets and Paintings” (2008–2012); “Kaleidoscope Paintings” (2001–2008)
Who is Damien Hirst?
Highly influentialBritish artist
Themes of mortality,the fragility of life, and the relationship between humans and the real world
Provocative and controversial works
How many animals have died for his work to live? And how do we determine the cultural value of this?
'Natural History' Exhibition
His first-ever exhibition highlighting his peculiar formaldehyde sculptures created throughout a thirty-year period.
Attracted 5.3 million people in 1 year
Earned over 6.6 million
CUDDLY FARM ANIMALS
BODY COUNT: 36
13 sheep, 7 cows, 5 baby calves, 4 bulls, 3 baby horses, 2 pigs, 1 brown bear, 1 zebra
SEA CREATURES
BODY COUNT: 685
17 sharks, 668 fish of at least 38 varieties
MISCELLANEOUS REMAINS
BODY COUNT: 729
46 pork sausages, 1 diamond human skull, 624 internal organs from 8 cows, 16 cow skulls, 41 fish skeletons, 1 gilded wooly mammoth skeleton