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Golden LegendDamien Hirst
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Park Seo Jun
Artwork Details
- name of artworkGolden Legend
- TypeSculpture and Installation Art
- LocationHotel Paradise Lobby
- ArtistDamien Hirst
- Size259x226x457㎝
About the Artwork
Damien Hirst has sought to blur the boundaries between art and science as well as art and pop culture through his installations, paintings, and sculptures. In particular, he digs into the relationship between mythology and science through mythical creatures. The artist has aimed to view living creatures from a realistic perspective rather than mythical, hopeful illusions. The dissected half of a unicorn, a mythical animal, is used to materialize the myth.
About the Artist
Commonly acknowledged as “the icon of contemporary art” and the “naughty boy of the art scene,” Damien Hirst was born in Bristol, UK and studied art at Goldsmiths College of Art. He gained popularity with Freeze, an exhibition he curated with contemporaries at Goldsmiths after founding the Young British Artists (YBAs) before graduation. He conveys philosophical and fundamental concepts pertaining to life and death as well as myth and science that are couched in his intrinsic, shocking, and intuitive visual idioms. He won the Turner Prize 1955, an art award conferred to the best artist of the year by Tate London.
AUDIO GUIDE SCRIPT
This work is called "Golden Legend," by English artist Damien Hirst, which looks as if it has just descended from the sky. Inspired by the mythological winged horse "Pegasus," half shows golden skin while the other half shows flesh and musculature beneath the skin. Damien Hirst's artwork consistently explores the themes of life and death, myth, and science, metaphorically expressing our reality with muscles and our hope and illusions with exuberant golden color. Now let’s follow our guide, Pegasus, and set out on our journey to Paradise City! Check-in to Fantasy!
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