Damien Hirst - The Blue Paintings

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Damien Hirst

Monday, 25 December 1989 - Sunday, 24 January 2010

The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Oxford Street, W1U 3BN

How Much: Free!

After making his name putting cows in alcohol, coating skulls with diamonds and employing staff to undertake the oh-so-challenging task of putting spots onto canvases, Damien Hirst has decided to produce some real paintings, with a brush and everything! And, check this out, he's actuallly done them himself.

Intriguingly he's shunned the whole White Cube thing in order to display these works at the Wallace Collection - it'll be interesting to see how they stand up in comparison to the Old Masters that occupy the rest of the museum.

It'll also be worth noting what Charles Thomson of the Stuckists has to say about it all.

Until 24.01.10.

Read Tom's review of Damien Hirst at The Wallace Collection.
Read Charles Thomson's unlikely support of Damien Hirst.

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Comments

MissMerriweather Tuesday, 19 January
I really don't think these paintings are as bad as some of the press are making out. Yes, they seem geared towards people with more cash than sense and contain yet more dead shark imagery, but there's a definite warmth and something almost comforting in these paintings that's been missing from his installations. Nobody can make death look cosy but I think Damien Hirst gives it a good try.