Artist: Damien Hirst

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Born in Bristol, Damien Hirst is one of the leading figures among the Young British Artists. He dominated the development of British art in the 1990s and enjoys a strong international reputation. Hirst enrolled at Goldsmiths, University of London, in September 1986. In 1995, he won the Turner Prize, a major British contemporary art award. Hirst is deeply interested in the finite nature of biological organisms. His Natural History series, in which he immerses animal carcasses in formaldehyde solution, is extremely well known.

This poster featuring Homage to a Government—The Dwelling Place (2006) was produced in 2007, in conjunction with Damien Hirst: Superstition at Gagosian, Davies Street, London, and Gagosian, Beverly Hills. The exhibition included Kaleidoscope paintings that reference stained-glass windows in their intricate geometric patterns. Hirst has given each painting two titles: the first taken from High Windows by the English poet Philip Larkin, whose fatalistic, colloquial writings speak to a seemingly shared extinguished faith, and the second making direct reference to religious iconography.

“In the exhibition In and Out of Love, Hirst enclosed 9,000 butterflies in a sealed, all-white space where visitors could see them feeding up close. Although the work was avant-garde, it drew considerable criticism because many of the 9,000 butterflies died during the exhibition from causes other than natural ones, including collisions with walls and being stepped on by visitors. Hirst explained that professional entomologists were caring for the butterflies, but the work remains highly controversial.”

Artwork title: SUPERSTITION Dimensions: 39 × 26 inches (100 × 66 cm)

Edition: open edition, 2020

Original poster from an American gallery

Black frame mock-up:

Dark walnut-colored aluminum frame mockup:

Mockup with a silver frame:

Original poster; size and framing options are listed above.

Born in Bristol, Damien Hirst is one of the leading figures among the Young British Artists. He dominated the development of British art in the 1990s and enjoys a strong international reputation. Hirst enrolled at Goldsmiths, University of London, in September 1986. In 1995, he won the Turner Prize, a major British contemporary art award. Hirst is deeply interested in the finite nature of biological organisms. His Natural History series, in which he immerses animal carcasses in formaldehyde solution, is extremely well known.

This poster featuring Homage to a Government—The Dwelling Place (2006) was produced in 2007, in conjunction with Damien Hirst: Superstition at Gagosian, Davies Street, London, and Gagosian, Beverly Hills. The exhibition included Kaleidoscope paintings that reference stained-glass windows in their intricate geometric patterns. Hirst has given each painting two titles: the first taken from High Windows by the English poet Philip Larkin, whose fatalistic, colloquial writings speak to a seemingly shared extinguished faith, and the second making direct reference to religious iconography.

“In the exhibition In and Out of Love, Hirst enclosed 9,000 butterflies in a sealed, all-white space where visitors could see them feeding up close. Although the work was avant-garde, it drew considerable criticism because many of the 9,000 butterflies died during the exhibition from causes other than natural ones, including collisions with walls and being stepped on by visitors. Hirst explained that professional entomologists were caring for the butterflies, but the work remains highly controversial.”