DAMIEN HIRST: MORBID FASCINATION
45m | Documentary | Not Rated | 20 September 2022
From the outset of his career, Hirst devised a fool-proof strategy for grabbing the public’s and critics’ attention. His provocative art addresses death and rebirth – vanities and beauty – morality, medicine and technology.As a young and virtually unknown artist, Hirst climbed far and fast. His shark, suspended in a tank of formaldehyde, wowed and repulsed audiences in 1991. Like the French artist Marcel Duchamp, Hirst employed ready-made objects to shocking effect, and in the process, he questioned the very nature of art.Love him or hate him, Hirst was a visionary in anticipating the needs of the contemporary art market. One could argue, as some have, that this in itself is a form of art.
Director: Nick Randall
Writers: Nick Randall
Starring: Ivan Eyre
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