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The Cure (caramel, grape, mustard) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2014 - MyArtBroker

The Cure (caramel, grape, mustard)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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72 x 51cm, Edition of 15, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 15
Year: 2014
Size: H 72cm x W 51cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

The Cure (caramel, grape, mustard) is part of The Cure series. Composed of thirty silkscreen prints, each print in the series follows the same format by depicting a large, singular pill in two colours. In some of the prints, the colours complement each other, or use different tones of the same colour, such as the different shades of pink in The Cure (carnation pink, hot pink, violet pink). In this print, however, Hirst choses contrasting colours. The dark grape colour contrasts with the bright mustard, making the pill stand out against the background of the composition.

The Cure (caramel, grape, mustard) reflects Hirst’s fascination with modern society’s obsession with science, modern medicine and the pharmaceutical industry. The manipulation of scale in this print, with the pill taking up the entire composition, reflects the important role medicine plays in modern society, as well as the tremendous confidence we place in modern medicine to be able to cure everyone and everything.

  • 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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