The Cure (powder pink, lollypop red, golden yellow)
The Cure (powder pink, lollypop red, golden yellow)
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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 (powder pink, lollypop red, golden yellow) is a silkscreen print by Damien Hirst on Somerset Tub. Produced in 2014, the print shows a two-colour pill, rendered by Hirst in lollypop red and golden yellow against a powder pink background. The colours in this print are bright and lively, contrasting with other prints in The Cure series which favour darker and cooler colours, such as The Cure (papal purple / burgundy / blood orange).
The Cure (powder pink, lollypop red, golden yellow) is one of thirty silkscreen prints that compose Hirst’s The Cure series. In this series, each print follows the same formula. Hirst renders a singular pill in a combination of two colour tones against a bold and vibrant coloured backdrop. Hirst’s use of bright block colours resonates with the Pop Art style popularised by Andy Warhol in the 1960s. Warhol’s work has clearly influenced Hirst and the development of his own visual language and artistic style.
The series is based on the minimalist aesthetic of the medicinal pill which, despite its simple appearance, behaves in an extremely complex and ingenious way. Hirst has explored the pharmaceutical industry and their products throughout his artistic career, starting with the Medicine Cabinets installation he produced while still studying Fine Arts at Goldsmiths in London in 1998.
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.
