DAMIEN HIRST
Checked out controversial British artist Damien Hirst's latest work, "School: The Archaeology of Lost Desires, Comprehending Infinity, and the Search for Knowledge," at the Lever House tonight.
The exhibit features his version of a "classroom" which includes 30 glass tanks filled with sheep carcasses suspended in formaldehyde and one tank with a dead shark. The work deals with a lot of different themes including life (water), death (carcasses), individuality (shark), and uniformity (sheep).
Apparently there's a lot of debate about whether Hirst's work has any artistic value. I'm no art critic but I think School is visually stunning (I'm a sucker for fluorescent lights, shiny metallic surfaces, and sharks in tanks).
According to Hirst, no animals were killed for the exhibit. The sheep came from a butcher and the shark from a supplier. To learn more about School, check out these articles from the Guardian and the International Herald Tribune.
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The exhibit features his version of a "classroom" which includes 30 glass tanks filled with sheep carcasses suspended in formaldehyde and one tank with a dead shark. The work deals with a lot of different themes including life (water), death (carcasses), individuality (shark), and uniformity (sheep).
Apparently there's a lot of debate about whether Hirst's work has any artistic value. I'm no art critic but I think School is visually stunning (I'm a sucker for fluorescent lights, shiny metallic surfaces, and sharks in tanks).
According to Hirst, no animals were killed for the exhibit. The sheep came from a butcher and the shark from a supplier. To learn more about School, check out these articles from the Guardian and the International Herald Tribune.
DLM
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