A COMPLETE VISION OF DAMIEN HIRST'S WORK AT JUMEX
To Live Forever (For a While) is the exhibition at JUMEX featuring the work of iconic British artist Damien Hirst. The exhibition will offer a complete overview of the artist's work between 1986 and 2019, with 57 works including installations, sculptures and paintings.
Curated by Ann Gallagher and the artist, the To Live Forever (For a While) exhibition at JUMEX includes some of Damien Hirst's most iconic series, such as Natural History, Spin Paintings, Medicine Cabinets, Cherry Blossoms, as well as the dot and butterfly paintings.
To Live Forever (For a While) examines his extraordinary practice and, through it, the range of means by which humans attempt to delay and deflect the inevitability of death, whether through medical science, religion, art, or even wealth. The persistent interplay between the beauty and horror of life in Hirst's work gives a contemporary Gothic tone. By situating death as part of culture, Hirst's practice provokes a debate about what art can be today and how it reflects contemporary life.
Damien Hirst (UK, 1965) is one of the most internationally known artists today. He first caught the attention of the London public in 1988, when he conceived and curated the group exhibition Freeze during his second year at Goldsmiths, the art school of the University of London. He immediately became a major figure in the international art world in 1991 with his work The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a four-foot-long tiger shark preserved in a tank of formaldehyde. Hirst continues to be a representative presence on the contemporary art scene, influencing generations of artists. His willingness to tackle challenging and thought-provoking subjects has pushed the boundaries of what art can be. Hirst's provocative art has been widely collected and exhibited around the world. In 1995 he won the Turner Prize from Tate Britain, Britain's leading award for contemporary art.
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