Damien Hirst
The Secrets Resolution H14-6
2024
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
120 × 93 cm
Ed. / 383 — Signed and numbered, including Printed COA
Location: London, United Kingdom
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About the artwork
Dense botanical imagery dominates the composition, presenting an overhead perspective of a lush garden filled with diverse floral varieties rendered in vivid reds, blues, yellows, and whites. Developed as part of a print series derived from large-scale oil paintings, the visual program builds upon the artist's ongoing exploration of natural forms and perceptual abundance. The printed surface combines crisp photographic detail with randomized splatter effects that simulate gestural paint application, creating a tension between controlled reproduction and chaotic expression.
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Editions produced in collaboration with publishing houses like Heni represent a structured segment of the artist's commercial output, bridging the gap between unique paintings and accessible multiples. By translating painterly gestures into laminated giclée panels, the production process emphasizes surface gloss and chromatic saturation, aligning with the visual strategies seen across other recent botanical and spot series.
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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