Be Thoughtful
Be Thoughtful
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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62 x 82cm, Edition of 55, Etching
Medium: Etching
Edition size: 55
Year: 2018
Size: H 62cm x W 82cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2025
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Meaning & Analysis
This signed etching from 2018 is a limited edition of 55 from Damien Hirst’s Lessons In Love series. The etching shows an image of five hyperrealist butterflies in saturated colours set against a rich colour field of deep purple.
Be Thoughtful is the final polymer-gravure etching in a series of four titled Lessons In Love by Damien Hirst from 2018. The etching shows an image of five hyperrealist butterflies in saturated colours set against a rich colour field of deep purple. Hirst’s intuitive colour choice is based on aesthetic and non-rational demands that have remained in his practice since his art training at Goldsmiths.
Lessons In Love exudes a sense of happiness, vibrance and joy in its use of bright and contrasting colours, as well as the butterfly motif functioning as a traditional representation of beauty. Be Thoughtful uses the butterfly motif to capture the essence of light-heartedness and love as well as to dissolve boundaries between art, science and popular culture.
Much of Hirst’s work seeks to explore the uncertainties at the core of human experience: love, life, death, loyalty and betrayal through unconventional media. Lessons In Love points to this exploration in its title, each of the prints describing an action of affection or care such as Be Considerate and Be Thoughtful. 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.
