The Daily Decoction: Foreshortening

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Just before Thanksgiving, The Washington Post reported on an amusing bit of politically tinged art wranglin’:
Censorship! That’s what some art lovers whispered during the Hillary Clinton fundraiser Nov. 5 at the Woodley Park home of Tony and Heather Podesta. The huge photograph of the nude man was missing from its usual spot on the living […]

HBP: Damien Hirst’s Mother And Child Divided

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Damien Hirst’s Mother and Child Divided, Steel, GRP composites, glass, silicone sealants, cow, calf, and formaldehyde solution, 1993, may be seen at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo.
An acquaintance once asked me what I make of Hirst’s Mother and Child Divided. Here’s one way to think about it: much of Damien Hirst’s […]