Psalm: Deus, Deus meus

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Psalm: Deus, Deus meus
signed in pencil, numbered 47/50, published by Other Criteria, London, the full sheet, framed
This lot has been authenticated by The Hirst Authentication Committee.
screenprint in colours with glaze and diamond dust, on wove paper
Image, Sheet: 740 x 715 mm.
2010

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Lot Essay

Damien Hirst often references Christian religious art and iconography. The title of this screenprint, Deus, deus meus, is a quotation from Psalm 22:1 in the Hebrew scriptures, 'Deus Deus meus respice me quare me dereliquisti' (O God, my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me?) but are more widely known as the words spoken by Jesus Christ from the cross in the Christian Passion narrative. The arrangement of patterned butterfly wings references the stained glass of Europe's great cathedrals and the entomologists' specimen cabinet - presenting science as the new, secular religion.

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