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Damien Hirst — Happy
Damien Hirst

Happy

"Happy" by Damien Hirst is a visually arresting work that embeds syringes, pills, and delicate butterflies beneath a glossy resin surface on canvas, creating a jarring tension between beauty and mortality. The juxtaposition of pharmaceutical objects with the fragile, ornamental butterflies is characteristic of Hirst's ongoing exploration of life, death, and the human relationship with medicine and consumption. Household gloss paint adds a slick, almost clinical finish that reinforces the work's unsettling yet seductive aesthetic.

Medium
Syringes, butterflies, pills, resin and household gloss paint on canvas, the full sheet,

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Evening & Day Editions

December 12, 2013

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Damien Hirst, Happy

"Happy" by Damien Hirst is a visually arresting work that embeds syringes, pills, and delicate butterflies beneath a glossy resin surface on canvas, creating a jarring tension between beauty and mortality. The juxtaposition of pharmaceutical objects with the fragile, ornamental butterflies is characteristic of Hirst's ongoing exploration of life, death, and the human relationship with medicine and consumption. Household gloss paint adds a slick, almost clinical finish that reinforces the work's unsettling yet seductive aesthetic.

Medium
Syringes, butterflies, pills, resin and household gloss paint on canvas, the full sheet,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Butterfly Motif, Male Artist, Provocative Mood, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, British Artist, Contemporary Art, Vibrant Colors, Young British Artists, Found Objects

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Collected by

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