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Shelley’s Art Musings – Le mensonge de Cupidon – Damien Hirst
Cupid's Lie (le mensonge de Cupid) est une sculpture en or du dieu du désir et de l'affection. Une tête disproportionnée par rapport au squelette de l'enfant, des ailes fossilisées et ses mains en position de préhension. Le crâne est presque souriant dans sa dernière demeure.
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Amors Lüge – Damien Hirst
Cupid's Lie ist eine goldene Skulptur des Gottes der Begierde und der Zuneigung. Ein im Verhältnis zum Kinderskelett unproportionierter Kopf, versteinerte Flügel und die Hände in ergriffener Haltung. Der Schädel liegt fast lächelnd in seiner letzten Ruhestätte.
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Shelley’s Art Musings – Cupid’s Lie – Damien Hirst
Cupid’s Lie is a gold sculpture of the god of desire and affection. A disproportionate head to the child skeleton, fossilised wings and its hands in a gripped position. The skull is almost smiling in its final resting place.
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Shelley’s Scandal of the Month – Spotlight on Damien Hirst.
Some artists are notoriously controversial in whatever they do, be it their artwork itself, or the way they interact with the public. Damien Hirst appears to have both of these areas covered, and this is his selling point. Before I saw an exhibition of Hirst’s work, I am happy to admit that I wasn’t a fan, as I felt that his work was quite crass and showy. My opinion changed on actually seeing the work. There is something about walking between a cow that has been cut in half, with a calf in its gestation period. It speaks on another level about the fragility of life. There is also something…
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The Japanese art world, the flesh, the devil
Modern art has always been widely discussed. We all know some people who claim they could have done the same (maybe even you said it; the Tate saved you their best wall). There are also those who get their kicks out of an abandoned pair of glasses sitting on the ground. This debate being nowhere near its end, let’s just agree to never agree and mutually concede one simple thing: in the contemporary art world, Japan is a UFO. For all the Jeff Koonses and Damien Hirsts on the artsy planet, for all the prattle and tattle that come with their kind, none came closer, and with such a truly…
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