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Damien Hirst — We're Afraid of Nothing
Damien Hirst

We're Afraid of Nothing

1992

Damien Hirst's We're Afraid of Nothing from 1992 is an ambitious mixed media installation combining glass, painted MDF, wood, steel, aluminum, pharmaceutical packaging, and a step ladder. The work reflects Hirst's interest in examining fear, mortality, and consumer culture through assembled objects. It demonstrates his characteristic use of everyday materials and pharmaceutical imagery in contemporary art.

Medium
glass, painted MDF, ramin, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical packaging and step ladder

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Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

March 2, 2022

Estimate: $1,000,000$1,500,000

Lot 125

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Damien Hirst, We're Afraid of Nothing, 1992

Damien Hirst's We're Afraid of Nothing from 1992 is an ambitious mixed media installation combining glass, painted MDF, wood, steel, aluminum, pharmaceutical packaging, and a step ladder. The work reflects Hirst's interest in examining fear, mortality, and consumer culture through assembled objects. It demonstrates his characteristic use of everyday materials and pharmaceutical imagery in contemporary art.

Medium
glass, painted MDF, ramin, steel, aluminium, pharmaceutical packaging and step ladder
Year
1992
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Pharmacy, Industrial, Conceptual, Installation, Mixed Media, Provocative, British, Abstract, Yellow, Contemporary

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Collected by

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