Friday, 2 March 2012

The boy did good.



Damien Hirsts 'Anatomy of an Angel'


Sold for £1 million at his sale entitled 'Beautiful Inside my Head Forever'.


The sale took play in Sotheby's and was estimated to fetch around £65 million, which is an extortionate amount for an artist. Instead, he made around £111 million, smashing the world record for the most amount made by a single artist at an auction sale. The sale was made up of 223 lots.

Although I have mixed feelings about Hirst's ethics in terms of money and in some cases his borderline notions of art, I think this is absolutely stunning. It is beautiful and chilling at the same time and I love the way the texture of the surface changes from rough rock to smooth stone, even looking at a picture of it makes me want to reach out and touch it.

Beaut x

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