English artist, Damien Hirst who is considered one of the most influential artists of his generation, has launched a new design in his website so that viewers can watch his studio live 24/7. The website also includes more than 250 of his works from the last 31 years of his career.
His work will also be on display at Tate Modern, London from April 4th until September 9th. The exhibition is the first substantial survey of Damien Hirst’s work in a British institution and will present key works from over twenty years of his career as an artist. The exhibition will include iconic sculptures from his Natural History series, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living 1991, in which he suspended a shark in formaldehyde, A Thousand Years from 1990, medicine cabinets, pill cabinets and instrument cabinets in addition to seminal paintings made throughout his career using butterflies and flies as well as spots and spins. The two-part installation In and Out of Love, not shown in its entirety since its creation in 1991 and Pharmacy 1992 will be among the highlights of the exhibition. Watch the pictures below:
‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ (1991). Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012
‘Sympathy in White Major – Absolution II’ (2006), detail. Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012
‘In and Out of Love’ (1991). Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012
Source: Huh., Tate Modern
