Silver Spot Landscape
Silver Spot Landscape
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£5,500-£8,000Value Indicator
$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator
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¥50,000-¥80,000 Value Indicator
€6,500-€9,500 Value Indicator
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¥1,040,000-¥1,510,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 150
Year: 2008
Size: H 56cm x W 74cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Whyte's | Ireland | |||
| May 2014 | Whyte's | Ireland |
Meaning & Analysis
Instantly recognisable as a Damien Hirst editioned print, Silver Spot Landscape is a screen print by the artist from 2008 published in a limited edition of 150. The print shows several rows of brightly coloured spots, each the same size and a perfect circle, set against a shiny silver backdrop. Silver Spot Landscape is one of many prints that are directly related to Hirst’s very famous Spot paintings that he first developed in the 1980s.
The Spots paintings and editioned prints are an exploration of colour and form that is unique to Hirst’s artistic output. Across Hirst’s career, every spot painting represents a unique combination of colours, every print formatted in a formulaic, grid-like composition. Hirst himself has said of these works, “To create that structure, to do those colours, and do nothing. I suddenly got what I wanted. It was just a way of pinning down the joy of colour.”
What is so enthralling about the Spots paintings is their potential towards endlessness. Indeed, Hirst has produced an average of 60 Spots paintings a year. The grid formula allows for an infinite investigation of harmonious and contrasting colours that appears clinical in its composition, but is in fact intuitive in its decision making process.
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.
