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Shepard Fairey & Damien Hirst — Peace

Peace

2025

Peace offers a contemplative counterpoint within the Triple Trouble series, tempering Fairey's combative graphic vocabulary with a quieter, almost devotional sincerity that invites the viewer to question whether peace is a state achieved or merely prescribed. The PVC tiles lend the surface a manufactured, industrial quality, while the pills embedded within the painted paper ground the concept of peace in Hirst's pharmaceutical universe, asking whether tranquility in contemporary life is chemically mediated rather than genuinely felt. Fairey's signature flatness and bold tonal contrasts frame the work with the visual authority of a public declaration, transforming a single word into something closer to a command or a prayer. The tension between the idealism of the title and the clinical coldness of the materials creates a productive unease that is central to both artists' practices. This piece ultimately reflects a shared preoccupation with the commodification of human experience, from protest culture to the medicine cabinet.

Medium
PVC tiles and pills on painted paper
Dimensions

Notes

Triple collaboration: Shepard Fairey x Damien Hirst x Invader

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Shepard Fairey & Damien Hirst, Peace, 2025

Peace offers a contemplative counterpoint within the Triple Trouble series, tempering Fairey's combative graphic vocabulary with a quieter, almost devotional sincerity that invites the viewer to question whether peace is a state achieved or merely prescribed. The PVC tiles lend the surface a manufactured, industrial quality, while the pills embedded within the painted paper ground the concept of peace in Hirst's pharmaceutical universe, asking whether tranquility in contemporary life is chemically mediated rather than genuinely felt. Fairey's signature flatness and bold tonal contrasts frame the work with the visual authority of a public declaration, transforming a single word into something closer to a command or a prayer. The tension between the idealism of the title and the clinical coldness of the materials creates a productive unease that is central to both artists' practices. This piece ultimately reflects a shared preoccupation with the commodification of human experience, from protest culture to the medicine cabinet.

Medium
PVC tiles and pills on painted paper
Dimensions
152 x 111 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Text-Based, Mixed Media, Pharmaceutical, Modern, Contemporary Art, Hopeful, Activist Art, Commercial Materials, Positive Message, Peaceful Mood

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery