Revolution
Revolution
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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124 x 104cm, Edition of 68, Etching
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Meaning & Analysis
Revolution is a signed etching from Damien Hirst’s second volume of The Action Of The World Upon Things from 2002. The print shows many concentric circles depicted in very thin, scratchy lines and the colours green, red, blue and yellow. Conveying a sense of movement and dynamism, the print appears as though it is spinning.
The Action Of The World Upon Things is a series that is directly influenced by Hirst’s famous Spin Paintings that originated in 1993. These early works were created with a rotating machine, onto which a canvas was attached, and the artist poured household gloss paint onto. This 2002 series was produced with copper plates attached to the same spin machine with the spiral lines drawn with needles, screwdrivers, and other sharp tools as they spun
Notable to this series of prints is that Hirst writes on the plates, inscribing them with titles, dates and his signature. The writing appears child-like and misshapen due to the fact that Hirst inscribed the letters onto the copperplate backwards, so that when printed they can be read from left to right. Many of the titles in the series, including Revolution, make reference to rotation or circular shapes in various forms.
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.
