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Gagosian is pleased to present No Sense of Absolute Corruption, an 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.
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