DAMIEN HIRST
As much as people are down on Damien Hirst for being anything from a rip off artist to unimaginative wanker, I can’t seem to get enough of the guy, given I’m drawn to the more grotesque aspects of his craft: though I think even if he’s copping ideas he’s still rather clever and can get a nice rise out of people. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living was installed on loan to the Met a few months ago and I’ve spent the last to weekends contemplating this thing. I had the good fortune to see the Turner Award retrospective at the Tate while in London which featured some of his work, including Mother and Child, Divided, that was so heavily guarded I couldn’t sneak a single photo, and was offending or disturbing to just as many people there as the shark was at the Met. The reactions to his work are just as fascinating as it’s visceral nature.
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