
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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- Auction House · Phillips
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Damien Hirst: Online Auction
October 17, 2024
Lot 41
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