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In A Spin (paint) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2002 - MyArtBroker

In A Spin (paint)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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111 x 91cm, Edition of 68, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 68

Year: 2002

Size: H 111cm x W 91cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

As the title suggests, this print is based on Hirst’s series of famous works that have come to be known as the spin paintings. To create these paintings Hirst stands on a ladder and throws paint onto large circular canvases that are attached to a rotating spin machine.

The original spin paintings began as a collaboration between Hirst and Angus Fairhurst in the event ‘A Fete Worse than Death,’ and the curator Gregor Muir has recalled: “Using an inverted electric drill and a piece of wood onto which they could fasten sheets of paper, Fairhurst and Hirst set up a spin painting stall – an idea borrowed from a once popular children’s game using painting and an old record player cranked up to 78rpm. A spin painting cost £1 to produce and was signed by both artists on the reverse. In Hirst’s case, the idea proved too useful to be left behind, resulting in his subsequent ‘Spin Paintings’.”

  • Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.

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