Tuesday 13 May 2014

Fear of illness/death. (Damien Hurst)

Most people are afraid of dying and I'm pretty sure everyone is afraid of cancer. However, I was looking at some of Damien Hurst's art and found some really interesting installations about smoking and a piece showing lung cancer which I found really pretty.

http://www.damienhirst.com/second-series-biopsy-m132244

http://www.damienhirst.com/artworks/catalogue?p=2&radiogroup_view=view_as_thumbs&category=18

http://www.damienhirst.com/artworks/catalogue?p=2&radiogroup_view=view_as_thumbs&category=50

http://www.damienhirst.com/the-dead-ones

The ashtrays and the biopsy painting are my favourite but I also really like the cigarette cabinets because it is scary to see how many cigarettes people smoke then the cancer biopsy shows what it can do to you which I find really scary yet beautiful at the same time.

http://www.damienhirst.com/trinity--pharmacology-physio

I have also been looking into anatomy because I find it really interesting and scary to see how the body works and knowing that all that stuff is happening right now inside us without us knowing it's happening.

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