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Damien Hirst

No Sense of Absolute Corruption

May 4–June 15, 1996
Wooster Street, New York

Damien Hirst, Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of the Inherent Lies in Everything, 1995 Steel, glass, cows and formaldehyde solution, 12 tanks: 78 ¾ × 35 ⅜ × 11 ¾ inches each (200x 90 × 30 cm)

Damien Hirst, Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of the Inherent Lies in Everything, 1995

Steel, glass, cows and formaldehyde solution, 12 tanks: 78 ¾ × 35 ⅜ × 11 ¾ inches each (200x 90 × 30 cm)

Damien Hirst, Loving in a World of Desire, 1996 MDF, steel, air blower and beach ball, 78 × 78 × 23 5/16 inches (198.1 × 198.1 × 59.3 cm)

Damien Hirst, Loving in a World of Desire, 1996

MDF, steel, air blower and beach ball, 78 × 78 × 23 5/16 inches (198.1 × 198.1 × 59.3 cm)

Damien Hirst, Party Time, 1995 GRP composites, foam and contents of ashtray, 96 inches diameter (243.8 cm)

Damien Hirst, Party Time, 1995

GRP composites, foam and contents of ashtray, 96 inches diameter (243.8 cm)

Damien Hirst, Party Time, 1995 (detail) GRP composites, foam and contents of ashtray, 96 inches diameter (243.8 cm)

Damien Hirst, Party Time, 1995 (detail)

GRP composites, foam and contents of ashtray, 96 inches diameter (243.8 cm)

About

Gagosian is pleased to present No Sense of Absolute Corruptionan exhibition by Damien Hirst.

Hirst’s art traverses extremes, from fin de siècle decadence to classical beauty, from the visceral to the conceptual. His work is always a celebration of life and derives from the exigencies of our time: death, decay, and disease—often presented within the cool formalism of the glass vitrine or the white cube. Metaphors of pharmacology, media propaganda, and the estrangement from nature are communicated through both the form and content of the work. Influences range from Francis Bacon to English punk to 1960s Op art.

In the upcoming exhibition a wide range of Hirst’s work will be presented in New York for the first time: an optical wall painting, a shifting multipaneled advertising billboard, spin paintings, and four new ambitious sculptures, all of which were created specifically for this exhibition and will be installed by the artist.

An accompanying catalogue of Hirst’s work will be published by Gagosian on the occasion of this exhibition.