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Damien Hirst — End of Days
Damien Hirst

End of Days

"End of Days" exemplifies Damien Hirst's characteristic exploration of mortality and medicine through assemblage, combining pharmaceutical pills with typed Dymo tape labels within a meticulously constructed cabinet structure. The work's juxtaposition of mass produced medicinal objects and utilitarian labeling devices reflects Hirst's broader interrogation of how contemporary culture attempts to manage, categorize, and ultimately deny human mortality. By elevating everyday pharmaceutical and organizational materials into a fine art context, the artist positions the cabinet as a memento mori for the modern age, where chemical intervention and clinical taxonomy become futile gestures against inevitable decline.

Medium
Multiple comprising Dymo tape and pills within a stainless steel, aluminium, glass and painted MDF cabinet.

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October 17, 2024

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Damien Hirst, End of Days

"End of Days" exemplifies Damien Hirst's characteristic exploration of mortality and medicine through assemblage, combining pharmaceutical pills with typed Dymo tape labels within a meticulously constructed cabinet structure. The work's juxtaposition of mass produced medicinal objects and utilitarian labeling devices reflects Hirst's broader interrogation of how contemporary culture attempts to manage, categorize, and ultimately deny human mortality. By elevating everyday pharmaceutical and organizational materials into a fine art context, the artist positions the cabinet as a memento mori for the modern age, where chemical intervention and clinical taxonomy become futile gestures against inevitable decline.

Medium
Multiple comprising Dymo tape and pills within a stainless steel, aluminium, glass and painted MDF cabinet.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Aesthetic, Apocalyptic, Installation, Memento Mori, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Mortality, British

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Collected by

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