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Love Lost, 2000

page 77 from Damien Hirst: Pictures from the Saatchi Gallery: 28 Tablets published in 2001 by Booth Clibborn Editions

Head of Medusa - Damien Hirst

Hirst  Cherry Blossoms

Catalogue raisonnée

With contributions by Emanuele Coccia, Philippe Costamagna, Michio Hayashi, Gilda Williams  -  Anthology of texts gathered by Alberto Manguel, exploring the theme of cherries and cherry blossoms

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris 2021, 414 pages, Hardback, English, 26 × 36.5 cm,  ISBN: 978-2-86925-159-5

euro 85,00

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“The Cherry Blossoms are about beauty and life and death. They’re extreme–there’s something almost tacky about them. Like Jackson Pollock twisted by love. They’re decorative but taken from nature. They’re about desire and how we process the things around us and what we turn them into, but also about the insane visual transience of beauty–a tree in full crazy blossom against a clear sky.”—Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst devoted two years, in 2018 and 2019, to creating the 107 imposing paintings that comprise the Cherry Blossoms series. In his London studio, he combined thick brushstrokes and elements of gestural painting, referencing Impressionism, Pointillism, and Action Painting.

Published for the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris (presented from July 6, 2021 to January 2, 2022), this book brings together all of the Cherry Blossoms through 250 color reproductions and numerous details, 18 foldouts.

 This catalogue raisonné of the series is an ode to painting, an immersion in this extraordinary work.

16/12/21

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