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Damien Hirst — Incinerate Me
Damien Hirst

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

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 11, 2024

Lot 143

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Damien Hirst, 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
Year
2016
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, British Artist, Installation Art, 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Dark aesthetics, Butterfly wings, Mortality and decay, Provocation

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Collected by

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