Video: Nude pregnant woman - sculpture with elements of anatomy by Damien Hirst
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Damien Hirst Is one of the most flamboyant contemporary British artists. For about two decades now, he has been surprising us with his extraordinary works, which are characterized by the depiction of reality literally with anatomical clarity. One of the last works by Damien Hirst to shock the British is 25 ton sculpture of a naked pregnant womanwho holds a sword in her left hand, and the scales of justice in her right. However, the main feature of the modernized Themis is that her body is devoid of not only clothing, but (partially) and skin …
Interest in the nude body can be traced in many of Damien Hirst's works. If the artist managed to comprehend the anatomy of the mythical equid-hoofed animals, then coping with the structure of the human body turned out to be by no means difficult. Looking at the sculpture of a pregnant woman, one can see not only the structural features of her skull and body muscles, but also see the embryo in the womb. By the way, Damien's child's body has already been portrayed before, which is only worth the precious children's skull he created!
Damien named the sculpture Verity, which means Truth. The artist notes that this is an allegorical interpretation of the image of the goddess of justice. The prototype of the female figure was Edagr Degas' sculpture "The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer", which had previously inspired Hirst to create his own sculpture "Virgin Mother".
The artist handed over the sculpture to the local government in the seaside town of Devon, it is installed on the embankment, and will be here for 20 years. However, local residents did not appreciate Hirst's skill and protested. Some argue that such a sculpture will serve to encourage teenage pregnancy, others believe that the statue degrades female dignity, and still others are inclined to think that this is not art, but real posturing. Daniel began to be accused of immorality, calling his work strange, unpleasant, awkward, grotesque, disrespectful, insensitive, unnecessary, monstrous, tasteless, ugly, vulgar and lacking artistic merit (as the people of Devon did not hesitate to write in the city book of complaints). the authorities ignored the requests of the British, but gave permission for Verity to decorate the embankment. the official response indicated that the sculpture could attract tourists, becoming a new landmark in the city, which would have a positive effect on the city's economy.
By the way, let us remind you that on our site we wrote about other (no less striking) projects by Damien Hirst. For example, how he managed to modernize the British flag, decorate skateboards and create a whole series of flashy bass guitars.
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