Damien Hirst (B. 1965)

Urinal I

Details

Damien Hirst (B. 1965)
Urinal I
signed 'D Hirst' (lower right); inscribed with the artist's signature and inscription 'D. Hirst pharmacy bar + restaurant' (on a metal label affixed to the reverse)
medical supplies mounted in Plexiglas box
24 3/8 x 54 x 4 in. (61.9 x 137.1 x 10.1 cm.)
Executed in 2004, after the original design of 1997-1998.

Provenance

The Artist
Damien Hirst's Pharmacy; Sotheby's, London, 18 October 2004, lot 72
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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Lot Essay

“Art is always very simple, or good art is always very simple. I took science in the way that Picasso took the bike seat and the handlebars and made the bull’s head. I mean, there’s nothing complicated about it. Science seemed to be getting people’s attention and art didn’t, so I hitched a ride on that. Or people were believing in science and questioning art, so I just took it very directly and used the science” (D. Hirst, interviewed by H. U. Obrist, ‘An Interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist with Damien Hirst,’ In the darkest hour there may be light, Works from Damien Hirst’s muderme collection, exh. cat., Serpentine Gallery, June–September 2006, n.p.).

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