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Eugenio Merino

Shark Tail's Soup

2009

Felt pen on paper

102 × 65 cm

Unique

Location: Paris, France

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1,350 € 1350.0 EUR 1,350 €

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About the artwork

This drawing confronts, not without sarcasm, two icons of contemporary art, Damien Hirst's shark and Andy Warhol's soup can (which here has a new flavor, as it has a shark tail). Some of Eugenio Merino's recent works are dedicated to the cultural icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, of which Andy Warhol and, more recently, Damien Hirst are certainly a part. If art historians have made Pop Art the first trend in contemporary art, where does Damien Hirst's shark fit in? Perhaps, on the contrary, it marks the end of contemporary art? Eugenio Merino also raises the subject of scandal in art. In the 1960s, Andy Warhol's tin cans shocked an American public unprepared for new artistic experimentation. In 1992, Damien Hirst met all the conditions for the perfect artistic scandal by presenting a shark corpse in formaldehyde.

Expert opinion

Eugenio Merino's works skilfully blend drama and humour to highlight complex, sometimes shameful truths. Although the Spanish artist is best known for his hyper-realistic installations and sculptures, this drawing is part of the artist's cross-disciplinary practice, while also responding to his usual preoccupations. A sort of mise en abîme, this piece is ideal for art history enthusiasts. It should be noted that while the work is in perfect condition, the frame is partially damaged.

About the artist

Born in 1975 in Spain. Lives and works in Madrid (Spain). A graduate of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Eugenio Merino is a Spanish artist who uses drawing, video, sculpture and installations to create engaged works. His art tackles the most burning issues in our society, exploring politics, economics and religion. Not without irony, his hyper-realistic works are known for their critique of capitalism and its excesses. He also questions the excesses of the art market and its players, such as fairs, gallery owners and certain artists who turn art into a subject for calculation and speculation. His sculpture For the love of Go(l)d questions Damien Hirst's gold skull For the love of God, known as the most expensive work in the world, whose intrinsic value has boosted the British artist's stock price. Eugenio Merino's work has been shown at numerous exhibitions and fairs, including ARCO (Madrid, Spain), Art Brussels (Brussels, Belgium), FIAC (Paris, France) and B.P.S 22 (Charleroi, Belgium). The artist also collaborates with the Spanish magazine Mongolia, which, in the vein of Charlie Hebdo or Le Canard Enchaîné, expresses a certain political activism through the pen and satire. Eugenio Merino is represented by Unix Gallery (New York, USA) and ADN Galeria (Barcelona, Spain).

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