Artist Damien Hirst at Tate Modern | Tate

[@emb7854]

I love how she suggests that he meant something deep and profound in his work and he's just like "aah I thought it'd be funny!"

[@zaqarnage]

Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!

[@yasminakhtar954]

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[@xy-fm]

The thing is art can have many layers. First of all, he's an artist. That means he thinks visually. Only after he can describe it with words.

[@xy-fm]

@Mathias Steven If a person has a 2-factor authentication enabled, your methods will not work.

[@jimmytumbles9640]

@@xy-fm let's be honest chris. This spoofer thinks in dollar signs. And Zaq isn't wrong, anything thoughtful or nice he makes is derivative of other people.

[@JasperTrojeTuck]

I love watching this and seeing him try to come up with reasons for his art, then fail miserably.

[@zaqarnage]

Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!

[@aliceestrada8434]

LMAOOOOO that was funny

[@Ramidemi710]

@@zaqarnage Noone cares. Get a life.

[@zaqarnage]

@@Ramidemi710 how about I get your mum instead? lol

[@zaqarnage]

@@Ramidemi710 lol everyone is liking my response to you

[@ralph34570]

I have the name for Damien's next piece - "laughing all the way to the bank"

[@zaqarnage]

Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!

[@xy-fm]

LOL.

[@stansmith5610]

@@zaqarnage damn you're right

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

@ZaqArnage... Who cares lol. Stop copying n pasting it everywhere. You aint slowing his money down, but just wasting your own time

[@adolflenin4973]

@@xy-fm Cute

[@eyasa9448]

Who else is here from moist critical?

[@ismaelgarcia3256]

Me xD

[@jebowar6679]

Yeah

[@milkdromeda7.041]

Yup😅

[@_b_e_a_n_s_]

same

[@ClaimClam]

he got new dam vid 2day

[@higgsmerino3925]

“Whoever wishes to devote himself to art should begin by cutting out his own tongue.” ― Henri Matisse

[@PeachPlastic]

So ?

[@johnnytony593]

Why?

[@gettrivialstuffed4620]

@@johnnytony593 because art is a means of communication, if you deprive yourself of the most common and easy way to express your ideas, you will have no alternative but to become good at art. Not saying this is accurate or realistic, but I think it's the point of the statement.

[@johnnytony593]

@@gettrivialstuffed4620: got the quotation, like being blind would make you a better musician or masseuse or food critic. But now I think the purpose of the quoter was to tell the artist to shut up, because his answers were making the art look lame and the artist a simpleton or a con man.

[@zaqarnage]

Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!

[@davidorama6690]

Damien sounds rather bemused that he’s regarded as a serious artist. Then again, is he?

[@thecinematicmind]

I say by this point he’s more a businessman.

[@TheLozzbozz]

Not sure he is really seen as a serious artist.

[@DrRonArt]

Exactly, good point, good question. It's like he stumbled into something that certain people found compelling and subsequently purchased it. For his part, it may have been something like "well, why not, just keep doing it." No need to be imaginative or creative really, or even skilled at art, but just keep doing what people liked and bought.

[@zephiniyahhamashiachs6455]

I want my 12:51 back. I want the brain cells I used watching this to be returned to me. Please and thank you.

[@vandolmatzis8146]

I feel Mr Hirst captures the beauty and utter randomness of our existence perfectly.

[@catdog8228]

lol

[@notgadot]

He captured your randomness only

[@brittanymcavoy2764]

I don't think that Damien is a complete conman. He has some fabulous pieces. In my opinion, I don't necessarily think of his work as "art" but more as stories. He wants people to question why something is there, in a gallery. It makes you question what art is and makes you really think. That is the point. The reason why things like Mother and Child, Divided isn't in a scientific museum is because when you look at the inside of a cow, you think about how it works and the scientific aspects of it. When it is an art museum, you think of the beauty and the aesthetics. When something is dead, you think about is morally. Was the death justifiable? What was the cause and the price? What does it mean? Suddenly, you aren't just thinking about the stomach and what it does. It isn't just cool. It causes an internal war, is this art? Is Damien a conman? Does he just care about the money? Is this just bullshit or does it have a meaning behind it? Every piece is a story or a lesson and I think that that is what justifies Damien as an artist. Even the pieces that he did where he didn't really know what he was doing and he just did it, even after a piece is finished, you can look at something and come up with a story for it. Like the spot paintings. They look a bit psychedelic with all the colors. It makes me wonder if there was a method to the madness. He is creating something and that is the first step to art. Even bad art is still art.

[@809Muzic]

well said!!

[@hannahfr3927]

That was well said!! Your comment is like a short essay about the whole topic and i love the rhetorical questions :D I think that Damien Hirst is an artist bc of all the things you pointed out (like the concept behind Mother and child ect.), but I also understand the critical responses to his work. The question for myself in the process of thinking about art is always if boundaries even exist. For me, Damien Hirst perfectly shows how to test them out and how to question traditional mindsets in art.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

I think that if he thought of these as lessons or stories, he had plenty of time to tell us that during the interview. Most folks sell things or services or work for giant (mostly evil) corperations with making money as one of their motivations (if not the primary one), so we can't judge that too harshly

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

final thing....(and thanks for not minding that I bounce a couple of things off of your comments) .... storytelling is something that art CAN do, and you can use art to tell a story, and finding a story is one way to understand something. But if I tell you a story, I am not necessarily an artist, and even if I write a BOOK, it may be great art without telling a story. ... and on D.H; I love the novelty of his concepts: where else in life do you get to see the insides of a cow, or be next to a sliced shark body? I don't give him credit for great wisdom or aesthetic sense because he doesn't give them. I appreciate his putting the thing together, just as I appreciate the fishermen and the shops for displaying dozens of open bins of different fish for sale, or the administration of the Aquarium for the fish we get to see. All those are great. I am hugely ignorant about D.H. his thoughts and his aesthetics. I am curious about them, just as I am about my neighbor's, or The original question, though, was about your friends performance K.Kardashian's or DT's

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

"original about your friends performance" is a mistake, a text message accidentally interpolated lol .... so the end of that is any random person's opinions can be very interesting, and that's kind of how I feel about DHs meanings. since he is doing his stuff, I appreciate it, but I don't have much information or experience that would tell me that his action is more profound then the person at the aquarium who installed the beautiful tank that in-laws me to see the amazing live fish

[@EdwardOlive]

If anyone else not famous made the same thing nobody would even care. Its not what you do its who you are that is only important for 99.9999% of people.

[@WillemJH]

your logic is kind of flawed since he became this famous BECAUSE he makes these things.

[@BilliePosters]

let's be honest, the work was seminal and shocking when it hit the scene. It got a lot of attention in a time where there was a spotlight on contemporary art in Britain. Right place, right time. And the right knowledge of how to market your art.

[@baconknightproductions8297]

@@WillemJH He copied other people's exhibits then paid other people to make his exhibits for him

[@charlieburnham5611]

I get why you all think it's bollocks. But damiens pieces are unpredictable, scary, original and have a lot of work put into them. I have a lot of respect for him because of that.

[@tripleaaa4409]

Charlie Burnham yeah, because cutting off a cow head takes a lot of work.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

thank you! It balances out the comments of it. I'm not a proponent, nor am I an enemy... More willing to learn

[@malikrahman8649]

I could fart in a coke bottle and that would be original

[@jennyhughes4474]

Yes, I don't like much of his art (maybe I'm not clever enough/I'm too narrow-minded) but I agree with you - and he has done far more interesting and varied things than Jeff Koons!

[@mr.coolmug3181]

I cant in all good conscience call this art...it can make you think: "Oh! well, that was interesting", but its not visceral or something ambivalent, its just quirkiness, but it has no conviction, its just: "Well, think what you want to think".

[@1l14cu5]

It’s to train you to find meaning

[@harrygiles1779]

if that's the meaning you assign to it then his artwork sure has made you think a lot 🤔

[@labism269]

art is supposed to make you think and not see the same thing in an artwork as the creator wanted you to see. different interpretations of the same piece is what makes art exciting and mysterious! i also almost never call anything 'art'. i think everything is just creations and then some are exceptionally made that could be called art..but that again is quite subjective

[@marithajones4667]

@@harrygiles1779 Is it really interesting though? Anyone can literally do the same thing Hirst does, it's just coincidental or pure stupidity to find any meaning behind it. Well, a big part of the art world is a huge blur in itself so I guess it isn't particularly shocking that this kind of "art" is popular for the bourgeois. (especially when it's a great way to launder their money)

[@michaelcollins3524]

Yes, I'd be embarrassed too, mortified, if this was my contribution to art.

[@Ramidemi710]

Why. Everyone around him praises him and he gets a shitload of money. I don't get why people are mad at him and not the people buying his art.

[@hsgame4088]

@@Ramidemi710 its obv monry laundering lmao if you actually believe his "art" if you can call it that is special or beautiful you're delusional.

[@warhead213]

@@Ramidemi710 yes, the cow head on the ground with blood all over it! Art! Praise him

[@digi3363]

The great Damien Hirst speaks, and all I hear is mumbo jumbo on how "there are no answers."

[@harrygiles1779]

is he wrong?

[@Demention94]

If his mission is to confuse people he's succeeding..

[@neikaplay]

Curator seems to be leading the answers quite a bit. The fly monochrome was cool though.

[@morrossey]

The curator should question a little more, she just accepts some of the things he says too readily

[@charlykyoryu4566]

I am sure by now you've heard : " Do not cut the branch you are sitting on !"

[@paul1389]

Exactly

[@sartemisa1]

ladsham That's another reason I disliked the video

[@Rovemcmanus1312]

@@charlykyoryu4566 "don't shit where you eat"

[@lluhu]

She would have sex with him infront of the camera if he would say it is for the sake of art.

[@ahgoor9164]

I think hirst is a great conman for sucking in all these fools and taking their money !!! I think he knows the art world very well and played their game better than them !!!

[@rmontz738]

Those 'artists' are sometimes part of a larger scheme of money laundering. The sad side of the story lies in those who are brainwashed into praising this as art.

[@danembo7362]

R Montz, how’s that possible?

[@mariospapastylianos2259]

i was thinking exactly the same ..like maourichio katelan ..he put a banana on a wall he called it art and cost it thousands of euros until another artist eat it.....anyway i prefer him instead of hirst... he didn t use animals...

[@smilosmilo]

Although I don't necessarily 'like' some of his art, I think the exhibition was one of the most interesting I've been to. I think that he is very honest about the artworks in this video.

[@robsingh42]

In my opinion "A Thousand Years" is the best work that Hirst has ever, or will ever do in his entire life... A work that is about the life cycle of flies seems fitting for contemporary art art at the moment.

[@marvinfilip9508]

Amy Mackay He was joking.

[@123jbuster]

@Sapphire stone everything is art. Your response to this comment is aswell.

[@jokimmy7623]

THIS IS NOT AN ART! NATURE IS AN ART by itself! And stealing animals from the nature, killing them and calling your art... it is really disgusting and cruel.

[@teeskyers]

I agree it is devastating

[@abhishekrajshrestha7303]

The cow one was tbe worst

[@EvermoreisTimeless]

Agreed. Killing animals for profit or for anthing is so wrong.

[@loganhund1078]

@@EvermoreisTimeless a small price for steak

[@maxvogler9958]

He‘s saying „kids will love it in here“ as if any sane parent would be bringing their kids to a Damien Hirst exhibition 😂

[@shnpio]

I went to one when I was like 12

[@bunnypark7]

he's an artist? No, this is not art. He is killing for "art".

[@noah-mg2vy]

I don't think he has any really deep thought behind anything. I think he is a smart self promoter and businessman, but there's really no deep meaning here.

[@somewhitekid1780]

the meaning is what you create, he doesn't have to create art with meaning, you create it for him

[@noah-mg2vy]

@@somewhitekid1780 actually that's wrong. Generally accepted by most thinking people is the fact that great art inspires thought which in turn inspires emulation of style. The impact of a physical, metaphysical, or conceptual idea generally inspires an artist to create something which then inspires those looking at it to think about it, feel something towards it, then begin to emulate it because it forms a stylistic movement. No one is emulating Horst's language because there is no language to emulate. His ideas dont require any massive technical ability which couldn't be replicated so the physical limitations of another artist aren't an excuse for any kind of recreation. There is no language being used or created. Someone like Jeff Koons on the other hand has a language, or at very least a voice, regardless of whether anyone likes it. I'm not a fan myself but can see the difference between the two. You can't tell me the pharmacy installment is deep. Or the black dot made of all flies? Or the shark and cow? Francis Bacon may have shown some interest, but Bacon was also a pervert. Bacon does however have a very distinct language being emulated and further developed, even in other mediums like photography.

[@somewhitekid1780]

Captis Colorum im not going to write a whole essay explaining myself, all im going to say is, the reason you dont like hurst is because you have created your own version of what art is, i do think the cabinet and the shark and the cow have deep meanings, just once you cant see. It is a very self centred way to look at art, thinking if you dont get it, then its not real art, And in my opinion the art he has taken inspiration from was not stolen, its simply that, Inspiration.

[@orangefire711]

@@somewhitekid1780 By that logic, anything is art. That chair you sat on yesterday: art. The shoes you wear on your feet: art. That McRib you ate an hour ago: art.

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

Whether you like Damien Hirst or not-his boldly creative imprimatura on contemporary art has been monumental since the late 1980s. His work is often viewed as being overtly morbid and obsessively fixated with ideas that solely revolve around death and decay. In actuality, nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, his work examines many of the starker perils and pitfalls of our existence as human beings-chief amongst those are our ongoing compulsive addictions-albeit to prescription drugs and/or the decadent excesses of our insatiable desire to want more of everything. Thus, simply put, Damien Hirst reminds us-via his use of adroitly conceptual dialogue-that life and death are, in fact, an inextricably convergent tapestry of sorts. Therefore, through his signature use of controversial objects, e.g., the severed cadavers of dead animals and preserved insects, he forcibly compels us to accept these universal truths that lie at the foundational core of this symbiotic relationship.

[@123jbuster]

Too many big words, not enough point. Its okay you can relax, its just the KZbin comments lol.

[@dawnfox2434]

this comment is a very stark representation of some type of existential pitfall

[@RapidBlindfolds]

a big brain used to justify all the wrong opinions

[@ArtHistoryProfessor]

@@RapidBlindfolds If your brain were a toaster oven, it wouldn't be capable of lightly toasting stale breadcrumbs.

[@RapidBlindfolds]

@@ArtHistoryProfessor wow! keep going

[@DieSchlumpfmutze]

I can never make my mind up about this fella. I once saw an interview where he commented that he is careful not to 'flood the market' with work- that he consciously makes work at a rate that is profitable, which stinks of businessman rather than artist. That said he has made some interesting work, mainly that in which he takes the Bacon influence and runs with it. He's pretty good at death.

[@lurelurche]

have you tried not making your mind up but only feeling it?

[@adolflenin4973]

AlRight

[@andrej8498]

people say he is a conartist, but i dont think so. His art is very expresive and yet evokes a certain abstract feeling that one cant quite describe. For something to be art it doesnt need to be a result of countless hours perfecting a certain craft. The most important thing in art is the feeling it evokes.

[@ИванПетров-с5ю4к]

That shit ain’t art

[@lovely-gt3ox]

eh, eat the rich.

[@wade0051]

I feel nothing from this. Even less impressive after hearing him talk about it.

[@bashsibda6289]

Aaron Wade The quickest way to muck up a bit of art. Get the artist to talk about it.

[@lstarrtna4288]

Lol you're right truck driver or thug

[@zaqarnage]

Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!

[@harrygiles1779]

okay?

[@Tate]

Can everyone please refrain from using abusive language in their comments? Do, however, keep the debate going.

[@aratirara]

abusive language?¿?¿ and what about abusive comments about no artista and no art?¿?¿ debate going about fraud in the contemporary art

[@naxiniliannus784]

Tate

[@acidfpv7243]

Let your audience decide

[@johnnytony593]

Tate : the exhibit set a low bar on his picture taken with a human head at the morgue. With a rotting animal head in a glass box. If someone feels like insulting, it would be a legit reaction, art or con job, and Hirst's labor would be complete.

[@Scooterandjinx1]

i find it quite clever how Damien Hirst has been able to capitalize on the hype build around him. He doesn't give an answer to what he's asked, and only gives the main points of the work. The one that has talent here,is the team behind Damien Hirst.

[@adolflenin4973]

*Capitalise

[@123jbuster]

As an artist, you don’t need to answer questions. When you do, you can answer them however you like. Art is formulated by interpretation by both the viewer and the creator. The original idea is irrelevant. A negative or positive response to the piece is synonymous with its interpretation and either one is, not only ok, but desired.

[@usrnewxnew5227]

@@adolflenin4973 British spelling doodoohead

[@kevinmrn]

Its funny how art did became a caricature of itself, and how dumbed down it actually sounds when they are talking about it. I made dis, go figure. Artists like him must laugh themselves to sleep every night:

[@lurelurche]

it's the first time I see this guy talking and I don't care what he or anyone says, I feel him.

[@dismith73]

He would admit it was all a con if he could figure out how to monetise doing it

[@lluhu]

Very cool thought. Well, show/entertainment industry is also powerful...

[@BilliePosters]

hahahahaha

[@MrRaimiMoore]

"I love art that confused you or you know.. you didn't know where the art was" - Damien Hirst

[@Areyourealythatdumb]

This man should have been a plumber and left art to people with talent.

[@timemasterhms]

He does it all for money and I respect that. If I knew how to get as rich and famous as him, I would too.

[@lucianstdurand6586]

I think its so interesting how he says he's an atheist but lends so much spirituality and religous context to his work.

[@ryenslegr2530]

the Spinal Tap of art

[@reinarforeman6518]

You nailed it. I'm calling him that from now on.

[@jcu321]

Cannot believe this dude is worth 300 million dollars. This just proves there is a sucker born every minute

[@metube9541]

He was on a BBC Radio 4 interview and said that he realised early on that if 2 rich people want the same piece of "art" then the value will increase and be higher. Total fraud, and laughing at all the idiots. Fair play.

[@remotefaith]

Mostly buyers are investing in his art and then selling it on at a profit. Where are the suckers?

[@AverySuzuki]

Why is everyone so mad? You don't need to go to his shows, you don't need to give him your time. I like his work. Sure he's overpaid but he's not hurting anyone. If you think his thoughts are drivel just move on. The work was not made to please you

[@tripleaaa4409]

Avery Suzuki I’m annoyed because he’s making millions for decapitating cows.

[@anthonysurman8192]

Overpaid.!!!!!... ....let me see where could the money be better spent ...hmmm . Its a name they are hanging on the wall...thats all. You can kid yourself all you like but you know the truth.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

Envy is really REALLY powerful, so that's one reason. Another is that we are taught: business good, sports good, war necessary. Countless millions are spent in marketing corporations, movies, media, celebrities, fashion. In that context, we don't begrudge individuals making tons of money, even though they are often not helping society, or their product is crap. Art we think of as unnecessary and not valuable, just as many think it's ok to destroy a mountain or poison an ecosystem to get some coal or gas, and to give a CEO a 15 million dollar raise (though I think a sculpture, or dandelion or kids art class is infinitely more valuable than a new app or color on my phone.) we hardly have any Arts creativity education and corporations are spending millions and millions of dollars marketing to us and changing our mindset, so some guy who earn his reputation the messing with the housing market and creating thousands of homeless people, is not ruined by this but made more successful and has an income in the tens of millions or more, and we don't pull him down, or a defense contractor makes a whole bunch of unbelievably expensive Jets which will not be used at all, and that was known before the government contract was signed and those hundreds of millions or billions we do not create a scandal about, or a sports figure urns tens of millions of dollars a year and the game doesn't have a lot of meaning 4 the Improvement of our minds or us the equitability of our society, or some of see celebrity performers who is appeal and space only on appearance or scandal rather than on Talent OR contribution we don't curse and gripe and swear about it, because we have been told these things are important and necessary. but when an artist, makes something that doesn't fit or idea of what art should be or what it should do, we are up in arms, because we've already been trained that artist not very important, it's a luxury item. But I would say that it is less a luxury item even if it consists only of sharks sod in half LOL less I'm a luxury, less harmful than our having to have every kind of melon in the store all year round, or 63 different kinds of soap to buy, or reality TV for our entertainment, or any number of things which are detrimental to our Spirits, bodies, happiness, Planet, Society. compare the harm induced, the money spent, the human suffering, the pollution and excessive use of limited resources..........

[@tripleaaa4409]

RedCloudBeechWaveAhh what a waste of time.

[@emb7854]

I'm pretty sure he put a few species of butterfly close to extinction with one exhibit

[@robperfectmotion]

I really enjoyed this. Great work Tate. He came across surprisingly well.

[@EwanT94]

He’s a genius. Making an absolute mockery of the contemporary art world whilst simultaneously being one of the best at it.

[@tomtom7412]

The thing is that artist don't even create their piece. They have assistant and art student do it for them

[@bluenomadbruh]

Killing an animal is not art. I'm an artist but I don't think it's our job as artists to kill things but to create.

[@csselement]

Hirst is a genius *because* his work INSPIRES controversy over what art IS - like everyone is doing in the comments. Well done, lad!

[@tripleaaa4409]

csselement I guess some serial killers who made art out of their victims are genius artists as well because they inspired controversy over they’re art.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

I don't think that controversy is how you tell if genius is present it's not the most superficial thing I've heard but it's one of them. some crimes has been absolutely outrageously horrible and controversial, my response has never been great job, you really tied with us with that one! lol

[@heinzlf5203]

Damien Hirst is brilliant - his work provokes your perspective on the human condition and also instills a fascination with nature and our relationship with nature. Well, that's my opinion anyhow.

[@LambentOrt]

Banality has become the most important aspect of contemporary art.

[@clincpb8903]

It 's nothing else but a tax heaven for rich bastards !

[@BilliePosters]

@@clincpb8903 oh and I ooop

[@zacharyberry4722]

Black sun is an amazing piece - haunting but beautiful

[@horse69outside]

It's a blow up of a pimple on Myra's chin.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Damien is a prime example of Genocide of Beauty.

[@GaurieVerma]

"you need to pull people in and keep it them out at the same time"- wonderful

[@rjhoover4474]

Given the current state of this civilization his success is understandable.

[@EhCloserLook]

Umm... care to elaborate a little bit on this statement??? B/c it seems to be a gross blanket-statement that could be interpretted a million different ways. How did it even get 16 up-thumbs???

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

Damn I went to this exhibit. Had the time of my fucking life. Took a day off school for it and everything 🙂 Black Sun is a fucking insane artwork

[@123jbuster]

That emoji doesn’t mean what you think it means

[@-deckdance]

​@@123jbuster like there is some objective definition for an emoji. I don't think Apple intended an eggplant and peach to be used for how it is today.

[@TheJimmerritt]

It appears our focus on the possibilities of what humans can make, the debate of our self-indulgent, self-oriented importance, has made art a mere curio.

[@GugiMandini]

Comparing Hirst to the likes of Titian & Raphael is like comparing Punk Rock to the likes of Bach & Beethoven.

[@ralph34570]

I think the Tate asking us not to use abusive language in our comments, is a little bit rich, this sort of work is only kept alive through controversy - it has nothing else to offer. By using bad language, only perpetuates this controversy. On second thoughts please refrain from bad language so that this nonsense work disappears.

[@Jaylasplenty]

I like hearing him explain his art even after I've taken it to mean something else.I am interested in knowing if the title of his pieces are truthfully assigned, or if he's playing with the titles as well?For example,the dove at the end represents the Holy Spirit in Christianity and he titled it "the incomplete truth".The truth is not really incomplete, more like ongoing. It makes sense however.Truth is sought after and becomes incomplete when you stop searching for it or say it is "incomplete".

[@MrGoodpairofshoes]

the artist that wants to "tell us" the meaning & the artist that allows "us"to get a find meaning

[@stefanoguseli5975]

"The viewer decides on the answers" good choice of artist intent.

[@kyliewatts5830]

He makes perfect sense to me 🤷

[@Baggiolyful]

I don’t feel anything from this. But when you look at works of a master painter like turner or constable it gives you a sense of wonderment and magic !. each to there own I suppose

[@bobveinne2439]

It's aggravating that this man is somehow worth 400 million dollars for easy artwork that has a price tag out of this world. But I *almost* respect the fact that he's able to scam museums and collectors millions of dollars of their money. *Almost.*

[@joshuathackaberry2175]

even if you dont like the spot paintings just think how much time is in creating the continuity between the spots hundreds and thousands of them to me it represents the endless chasing of the dragon his "art" is more a platform for stories and thought pieces more so than a literal interpretation sort of like francis bacon I'm not inspired by his "art" but more so in his way of not having something you can engross in and walk out of for example you can go see an edvard munchs work anyday and walk out and that painting is stuck in the frame and you only looked in for a brief few minutes but with his pieces it gives you the visual shock and awe but taps into something deeper and gives you something you can leave with it marks you and it defiles you and makes you think he is a visual story teller and the psychological punk middle finger to the art world he creates on top of pre existing ideas instead of painting a canvas white and saying theres something there he reverses it and this is why I like his pieces ! :D everyone have a nice day feel free too comment :D

[@JordyMc97]

ngl it's p obvious that Hirst is bullshitting most of this, especially with those spot paintings. But you have to admit that pieces like anarchy, black sun, and mother and child are such great ideas. He gets so much shit for being a conman [which he is] but he still makes great art like anyone else. The reason why he is so famous is that everyone overrates him. That's hardly his fault.

[@christineren109]

Jordan McBride I agree. some pieces are brilliant, others aren't very brilliant.

[@Corrie-gk4go]

wait...so this is the famous Damien Hirst? NEXT!!

[@billtinquery251]

Can’t hold a candle to someone like Richard Prince.

[@Benswan187]

Damien Hirst has nothing to do with art

[@mrrickstur]

No matter how hard I try to appreciate Damien's work, it just screams out "pretentious bullshit" to me still.. Modern art needs to step up their game!

[@levacarvalho]

+mrrickstur I'm an artist and I totally agrees, this looks like lazy people with power trying to mislead us

[@mrrickstur]

+Levi Carvalho mhmmm I agree

[@classicartfoundation639]

+mrrickstur it screams out: 'fucking shit' to me

[@levacarvalho]

hi

[@jochemvandenwijngaard5777]

+mrrickstur the black sun is a brilliant piece, how can u call that pretentious

[@LondonDada]

Gallagher is creeping and fawning well to the talent-challenged Hirst.. in fact that's half of how she became curator.. the other half of course being old school tie connections.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

London Dada OMG tell us more... That circularity is how a lot of business things happened, and it's how a lot of Emperor's New Clothes situations happen..... I hope you respond with more if you have to go to the caissons it would save me some research time. I usually don't have notifications on because that allows me to not read nasty messages! Lol

[@WomenFromTheMoon]

It's a bit sad that some people don't undersatnd artists. Art is art ,and nobody should judge other people,you like it or you don't I like his art .I think it,s cool &brave. Not everybody are so brave. If I would be so brave I would do even more choking art.

[@danembo7362]

WomenFromTheMoon Hate only adds value to modern art

[@outofoblivionproductions4015]

Damien: "Art can give us hope but religion can't." Me: Art can give us Kant but religion hope.

[@skeptikasubb9169]

10/10

[@francismitchell3316]

I agree to an extent... but at the same time - killing things, for our frivilous use - food, clothing is completely part of humanity's global culture. Further from it being unnecessary it will increasingly become untenable for the growing global middleclass to consume animals like the west. We need a dialogue on this. It is an important issue. I say artists should have license to commentate on this issue, particularly on the ethics of it.

[@onezero8162]

Art is really anything, I have a sense that most people in the comment section think a complex painting with lots of color and shading is the only “real” art. If people choose to like what he makes then that’s on them, not the creator.

[@Obama_OReilly]

Room 11 looks like it would have taken way more effort to put together than most of the other rooms combined. And also killing scores of butterflies.

[@lluuaapp94]

I watched this hoping Damien would say something worthwhile and articulate. Instead, he finished with the shallow, blanket statement of, "Art can give us hope but religion can't".

[@KoombaL]

where tf did he get that many flies

[@anneishikawa]

i think this may be my summer treat

[@TexKimball]

Although some of this work is actually quite interesting, a huge portion of it just seems to embody the elitist pretentious taste in modern art these days.

[@insomb]

Well you can't blame him, it's not as if he actually made anything with his own hands.

[@paulosmeek6286]

Yeah because Damien is an .... I.Q. busting....yeah you get he gist.

[@lukeshoo]

Contemporary, not modern

[@ld7141]

This was probably the best exhibition I have ever seen. I don’t agree with lots of the comments below that don’t like his work. I think he’s right..an artist doesn’t think of what something means before they paint or create it otherwise it’s not really creative it’s just contrived.. so he’s guessing just like we are. He’s an amazing artist.

[@wiew32]

it's empty, it has no meaning, but it is given by us as we like to tell to our selfs that there is something more in us than there actualy is. as we like to think that we are abowe those things.

[@liftedlegend710]

My name Is damion and I'm a artist this is the first damien I've found as a "artist" and I came in thinking I'd like him but at the end I came to the conclusion that I can't call a lot of this art the decomposing cow head and the split cows and the selfie with the human head and the giant black dot of decomposing flys the only thing I took from this good is "I dont think there are any answers only questions and we come up with answers" that's pretty damn philosophical

[@facuarroyo3249]

Love it, but how does he get all those animals and insects?

[@AlchemistAli]

Fantastic

[@PR2UK]

Damien my arse exploded all over my bog...maybe you want to come round and buy it for your collection?

[@RichardKing4U]

This guy's loaded in every sense of the word. What irritates me is all the gobbledygook illogical twaddle that artist come out with. They've got some ideas, about "art" and suddenly they're philosophers. The stuff you see here on this video, most of it is not the likes of Michelangelo, or Leonardo Da Vinci or Norman Rockwell would call art. And I'm with them. They all had the skill of a craftsman, and they could produce a good composition, that captured the moment, that special split second which captures our interest. Have a look at "Going and coming" by Norman Rockwell, or his kids playing golf, or the runaway, sat next to the policeman. You can tell INSTANTLY what is happening. That's what I call art. And because they've captured that particular moment it causes you the viewer to react. There's no hidden message, there's no I wonder what he's trying to say. It's there in front of you and you can understand it. Now, my next problem with this person, is he does not produce all the work himself. Naaah. Do you really think he caught all those flies and put them on a circular board and inch or two thick. ? The same with the dead cow and calf. Do you think he killed the calf and the cow and put them into the glass case ? Do you ? Did he catch the big shark with a fishing line. Did he land the shark and prepare it, so it could go into the glass case ? The spot paintings, the pharmacy cabinets full of surgical implements. He bought the stuff. He paid people to do the boring and tricky and skillful stuff. How much did he pay the men who actually did the dirty work for him ? Peanuts. Are they on commission if he ever sells any of his masterpieces ? Naaah Quite frankly as an artist myself I'd be embarrassed to admit that I had a hand in any of his stuff. I'd be frightened of the public thinking of me as a nutcase and a total fraud. This guy's from Leeds in the North of England and I suspect from a working class background. I would think that most of the generation in Leeds that he grew up with would NOT be impressed and their opinion would be unrepeatable in polite circles to put it mildly I somehow doubt, I may be wrong, but I suspect he's NEVER had a brush in his hand for a very long time. Would you trust him to paint your garden fence ? Would he be sticking dead flies on it after he'd painted it. You'd probably find a dead dog, or maybe a cat stuck on the fence. Just to give it that extra "something" Maybe cut the dead dog's head off and do a lap of honour with it. The words "stick" and "rectum" spring to mind. Can't think why, can you ? Kind regards to you all - Chris - Artist, Writer & Hypnotist WWW.100Temptations.com By the way, my works a lot cheaper.

[@2mrspencer]

I think I would enjoy the shark piece if I knew he made it

[@BasedGodGotenks]

At least he’s straight up about his work, and not throwing bullshit high and mighty answers.

[@giaj4450]

Really moving.

[@dotpakistani5939]

I love how he is so casual about whatever the fuck he has created that the world calls as 'ART'.

[@-deckdance]

Why does art have to be easy? Why does something that doesn't appear to be art at first glance has to be discarded? Impressionism wasn't accepted when it first came to be.

[@abhishekrajshrestha7303]

1:36 is that an actual head

[@robdavies4294]

"Why do we feel comforted by medicine, yet surgery makes us so terrified" lol that's a toddler conversation dressed as a high-end art musing. Paracetamol vs. a heart bypass hmm so difficult to conceptualise that difference.

[@kloijhi]

no animals were harmed during prepearation of this exhibition :D

[@veroperl]

I like the glass windows

[@ashleyt2909]

Why doesn’t he just paint or sculpt the animals so they don’t have to die just to be displayed?!!?

[@tulknogulborschnat2882]

The woman :"yeah yea yeah yea" Hirst:"yeah yea yea"

[@mandymann]

His art rose to prominence on the backs of bankers.

[@natashab3412]

😴

[@ImanniShows]

I have visited this exhibition and i truly enjoyed it. Specially the live butterflies room.

[@WillN2Go1]

He just seems like an art school kid trying to be the next Jeff Koons. Clever but not yet all that interesting. What he says about his work is glib and trite. (One thing about many big collectors is they come from a wealthy background so they have almost no hands on practical experience. They've never stood next to a cow, or been in the ocean with a great white (or two at the same time). I remember having a conversation with an artist about his sculpture. It was really clear that the next step was to replace the hardware store sheaves (pulley wheels) with ones he made and that was his plan. A collector walked in; the aspect of the work he was most interested in? The hardware store sheaves. Maybe they just don't have any defenses to Hirst's games. The difference between Hirst and Koons is that Koons goes after the kitsch, does something that sounds stupid and trite; then you walk in the gallery - and it hits you over the head. Revenge of your aunt's Hummel collection. If you have a closed mind you'd never really 'get it.' I remember going to the Broad Foundation to photograph the first Balloon Dog - it was still all silver. I thought, yeah I know what a balloon dog is, they just made it bigger. Seeing if for the first time was like getting hit over the head. If it was 1/10th of 1% less perfect it might not work. I spent a couple of hours with it (2.5 minute exposures). Have I seen Hirst's work? Yes, but I don't remember exactly where (definitely the Tate Modern, anywhere else? Maybe) or which piece. Jeff Koons? I even remember the case with the vacuum cleaners. I don't think any Surrealist or Dadaist was ever as subversive as Koons.

[@shamrock2416]

Brilliant guy

[@devinambriz5449]

the shark piece is kind of cool and could have a meaning

[@void1047]

Anyone else here for art homework?