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The Kaleidoscopes H18-2 'Chameleon'

Damien Hirst

The Kaleidoscopes H18-2 'Chameleon'

2024

Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel

85 × 140 cm

Ed. / 180 — Signed and numbered, including Printed COA

Location: London, United Kingdom

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About the artwork

The Kaleidoscopes H18-2 'Chameleon' belongs to The Kaleidoscopes,a series organized around mirrored butterfly wings. The radial structure produces a stained-glass effect in which natural fragments become an abstract emblem. Repetition gives the image visual order,while the butterfly material retains Hirst’s long-standing association between beauty,transformation and mortality. The stated technique is laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel. Its material and format remain integral to the presentation. The high-resolution printed surface is mounted to a rigid aluminium composite panel,giving the image the physical presence of an object rather than a conventional sheet of paper. Saturated color and edge-to-edge detail reinforce the series’ balance between visual excess and tightly controlled production.

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Chameleon uses mirrored butterfly wings to convert organic fragments into an ordered,almost devotional image. The kaleidoscopic structure recalls stained glass and mandala forms,while the butterfly retains its association with transformation and the brevity of life. The work brings together decorative beauty and mortality without requiring narrative imagery. Within Damien Hirst’s wider practice,The Kaleidoscopes H18-2 'Chameleon' is notable because it uses repetition and controlled variation to connect visual pleasure with impermanence.

About the artist

Born in Bristol in 1965, Damien Hirst is one of the UK's most influential contemporary artists. He studied at Goldsmiths College in London, where in 1988 he organized Freeze, an emblematic exhibition that launched the Young British Artists movement. This initiative attracted the attention of influential collectors, including Charles Saatchi, and propelled Hirst onto the art scene. His artistic approach revolves around the themes of life, death and mortality, with works such as The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (a shark preserved in formaldehyde). His work often marries science and art, exploring the beauty and fragility of human existence through provocative materials and striking installations.Hirst has exhibited at prestigious institutions such as the Tate Modern (London) and the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples). In 2008, he defied the art market by auctioning his work directly at Sotheby's, raising £111 million in two days, a record for a living artist.

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