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Damien Hirst & Invader — London's Burning

London's Burning

2025

London's Burning marks a charged meeting point between Damien Hirst's clinical precision and Invader's pixelated urban language, with the incendiary title evoking both The Clash's punk anthem and a city perpetually on the edge of reinvention. Executed in household gloss on canvas, the choice of domestic paint — a Hirst signature that democratises material while maintaining glossy, hyper-real surfaces — lends the work an industrial urgency that mirrors the burning theme. Hirst's characteristic spot or spin painting geometry is likely disrupted or invaded by Invader's 8-bit mosaic sensibility, creating a visual tension between organic chaos and digital order. Culturally, the work positions London as a site of collision: street versus gallery, analogue versus pixel, destruction versus creation. The title's double meaning as both historical reference and contemporary provocation underscores the collaboration's ambition to set the art world alight.

Medium
Household gloss on canvas
Dimensions

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Damien Hirst & Invader, London's Burning, 2025

London's Burning marks a charged meeting point between Damien Hirst's clinical precision and Invader's pixelated urban language, with the incendiary title evoking both The Clash's punk anthem and a city perpetually on the edge of reinvention. Executed in household gloss on canvas, the choice of domestic paint — a Hirst signature that democratises material while maintaining glossy, hyper-real surfaces — lends the work an industrial urgency that mirrors the burning theme. Hirst's characteristic spot or spin painting geometry is likely disrupted or invaded by Invader's 8-bit mosaic sensibility, creating a visual tension between organic chaos and digital order. Culturally, the work positions London as a site of collision: street versus gallery, analogue versus pixel, destruction versus creation. The title's double meaning as both historical reference and contemporary provocation underscores the collaboration's ambition to set the art world alight.

Medium
Household gloss on canvas
Dimensions
269.2 x 218.4 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Raw Materials, Geometric, Living Artist, Urgent Mood, Blue Chip, Provocative Subject, Vibrant, Intense Colors, Urban Decay, Street Art Style, 2020s, Neo-Geo, Urban, Large Format, Household Gloss, Contemporary Art, British, Digital Art, Painting, Pixel Art, Contemporary

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Alex Capecelatro, Sarah Greenspan, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Brittany Laques