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Damien Hirst — Sacrament
Damien Hirst

Sacrament

"Sacrament" exemplifies Damien Hirst's characteristic exploration of mortality, spirituality, and pharmaceutical culture through an assemblage of disparate materials that challenge conventional notions of the sacred. The work combines industrial and organic elements including cedar wood, silver, stainless steel, and cast bismuth pills rendered in acrylic lacquer, creating a visual dialogue between religious devotion and contemporary medicine. By elevating pharmaceutical objects to the status of sacramental relics, Hirst interrogates our modern relationship with chemical intervention and the quasi-religious faith we place in pharmaceutical solutions.

Medium
Multiple comprising cedar wood, silver, stainless steel, resin, painted cast bismuth pills and acrylic lacquer.

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October 17, 2024

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Damien Hirst, Sacrament

"Sacrament" exemplifies Damien Hirst's characteristic exploration of mortality, spirituality, and pharmaceutical culture through an assemblage of disparate materials that challenge conventional notions of the sacred. The work combines industrial and organic elements including cedar wood, silver, stainless steel, and cast bismuth pills rendered in acrylic lacquer, creating a visual dialogue between religious devotion and contemporary medicine. By elevating pharmaceutical objects to the status of sacramental relics, Hirst interrogates our modern relationship with chemical intervention and the quasi-religious faith we place in pharmaceutical solutions.

Medium
Multiple comprising cedar wood, silver, stainless steel, resin, painted cast bismuth pills and acrylic lacquer.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Spirituality, Installation Art, Religious Symbolism, Shock aesthetics, Provocative, British, YBAs, Contemporary

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Collected by

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