
Incinerate Me
2016
"Incinerate Me" exemplifies Damien Hirst's provocative engagement with mortality and medical systems through unconventional materials. The work combines acrylic paint on MDF board with actual medical waste, creating a visceral tension between the clinical and the artistic that challenges viewers' comfort with bodily matter and institutional refuse. By incorporating medical waste as a literal component of the artwork, Hirst implicates the piece itself in the very cycles of disposal and destruction its title references.
- Medium
- acrylic, MDF and medical waste
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 11, 2024
Lot 143
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