I Love You (white, black, fuchsia, cool gold)
I Love You (white, black, fuchsia, cool gold)
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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100 x 70cm, Edition of 14, Foil Block
Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 14
Year: 2015
Size: H 100cm x W 70cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Meaning & Analysis
I Love You (white, black, fuchsia, cool gold) is a foil black print from Damien Hirst’s 2015 I Love You series. The foil block print shows a single butterfly with its wings open, in the centre of a white heart, against a black backdrop. The central butterfly is coloured with bright fuchsia and gold foil detail.
The central butterfly motif that forms the basis of the I Love You series is a prominent figure that Hirst has used throughout his career. The artist’s interest in butterflies lies in their appearance of life that they retain in death. Tying together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics, the image of the butterfly is repeated twelve times across the series in varying colour combinations.
Hirst contrasts the almost photographic depiction of the butterfly against solid, block colour to create a print that has an immediate and visceral visual impact. Combining the vernacular of the everyday with artificial colour, Hirst’s work appeals to a broad audience and conveys seemingly universal themes surrounding love. Speaking of his interest in the topic of love, Hirst has explained, “Love is a beautiful thing, and I see it as a small antidote to the horrors of the world.”
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.
