Opening 25th November 2009, ‘Nothing Matters’ by Damien Hirst is showing at White Cube Hoxton Square through to the end of January 2010. Talking about his new show, Hirst states; ‘I feel like I’ve arrived somewhere. In a completely different way, I feel I’ve got the tools to navigate somewhere. All that expression – doubts, fears, everything – can come out in this arena.’ Presenting eighteen new paintings, ”including three triptychs from 2007-09, each depicting crows shot in mid-flight against blue skies, with outspread wings and violent splatters of red paint across their bodies. In the four triptychs on show in the lower ground floor at White Cube Mason’s Yard, these crows reappear, as omens of bad news. They often share the space with ghost-like figures, skeletal forms and objects, including chairs, lemons, knives, animal skulls, wine glasses or a scorpion.”
Exert above from FAD.
Image above: Damien Hirst Insomnia 2008 Oil on canvasTriptych. Each: 90 x 60 in. (228.6 x 152.4 cm)© the artistPhoto: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd
Courtesy White Cube
