The Dead (fuschia pink, lime green)
The Dead (fuschia pink, lime green)
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 15
Year: 2014
Size: H 72cm x W 51cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris | France |
Meaning & Analysis
The Dead (fuchsia pink, lime green) is a signed foil block print in colours on Arches paper produced by renowned contemporary artist, Damien Hirst. In this print, Hirst renders a floating skull in a bold fuchsia pink with tones of dark lime green against a plain white backdrop. The skull dominates the centre of the composition as it stares out at the viewer of the print.
The print, produced in 2009, is one of thirty-one prints that compose the artist’s The Dead series. In this series, Hirst replicates the image of a skull, however, uses a unique combination of two colours to colour the skulls in each print, meaning that no two prints in the series are the same. The skull, as an icon, is a memento mori, an artistic reminder of the inevitability of death. This phrase literally translates from Latin into ‘remember that you [have to] die.’
Death is the central theme that runs throughout The Dead series. The theme is not new to the artist and has been explored and developed since the start of Hirst’s artistic career. Hirst rose to fame with his installation The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, made in 1991. The iconic piece, in which the artist immersed a tiger shark in formaldehyde in a clear glass display case, has become a global symbol of Britart.
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.
