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Shepard Fairey & Damien Hirst — Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Blue)

Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Blue)

2025

Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Blue) is among the most visually and philosophically layered works in the Triple Trouble collection, fusing Shepard Fairey's graphic symbolism with Damien Hirst's celebrated butterfly iconography into a richly collaged, mixed-media canvas. Hirst's butterflies — long associated with his spin paintings and butterfly works exploring beauty, transience, and death — are here reframed within a mandala structure, introducing a meditative, spiritual geometry that speaks to cycles, consciousness, and transformation. Fairey's contribution of spray paint and bold compositional logic anchors the work in street art's visual vocabulary, while the layering of paint, oil ink, paper, and collage creates a physical depth that rewards close inspection. The 'third eye' reference introduces themes of inner vision and awakened perception, suggesting that the collaboration itself offers a new way of seeing — beyond the boundaries of any single artistic tradition. In blue, the work carries connotations of calm, depth, and the infinite, positioning this mandala not merely as decoration but as a portal between the conceptual worlds these two artists inhabit.

Medium
Paint, oil ink, paper, spray paint, acrylic and collage on canvas
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Shepard Fairey & Damien Hirst, Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Blue), 2025

Third Eye Butterfly Mandala (Blue) is among the most visually and philosophically layered works in the Triple Trouble collection, fusing Shepard Fairey's graphic symbolism with Damien Hirst's celebrated butterfly iconography into a richly collaged, mixed-media canvas. Hirst's butterflies — long associated with his spin paintings and butterfly works exploring beauty, transience, and death — are here reframed within a mandala structure, introducing a meditative, spiritual geometry that speaks to cycles, consciousness, and transformation. Fairey's contribution of spray paint and bold compositional logic anchors the work in street art's visual vocabulary, while the layering of paint, oil ink, paper, and collage creates a physical depth that rewards close inspection. The 'third eye' reference introduces themes of inner vision and awakened perception, suggesting that the collaboration itself offers a new way of seeing — beyond the boundaries of any single artistic tradition. In blue, the work carries connotations of calm, depth, and the infinite, positioning this mandala not merely as decoration but as a portal between the conceptual worlds these two artists inhabit.

Medium
Paint, oil ink, paper, spray paint, acrylic and collage on canvas
Dimensions
260 x 183 cm
Year
2025
Seen at
HENI, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Butterfly Motif, Ornate, Meditative, American, Mixed Media, Spiritual, Collaborative, Blue Tones, Mandala Pattern, Contemporary

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