Blanché Damien Hirst

Gallery Art in a Material World
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-8288-6772-7
Verlag: Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Deutsch, 289 Seiten

Damien Hirst constantly faces the accusation that he creates merely popular, salable, or easily consumable art. However, this accusation of "selling out" is closely linked to the great popularity that he enjoys. Discussions about the aesthetic value of art and the importance of consumer culture are incorporated into his works and highlight how the artist has been able to exemplify the consumer culture of our age. This study analyzes works from different periods of his oeuvre, such as the Natural History series, the Spot Paintings, the Diamond Skull, and Hirst's collaborations with Street Artist Banksy. They are examined in the context of materials, iconography, and history of ideas with regard to their framing of consumer culture. This is one of few books on Hirst not published by the artist himself or under his influence. In this academic study, Ulrich Blanché also gives a compact overview of the Young British Artists in London in the 1990s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanché, Ulrich

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Thanks to:;10
2;1) Introduction;12
2.1;a) How does Hirst Depict Consumption?;12
2.2;b) How is the Term Consumer Culture Used in this Study?;21
2.3;c) Sources;23
3;2) Consumption Concepts and their Use in the Present Investigation;28
3.1;a) The Term Consumption;28
3.2;b) Consumerism;29
3.2.1;i) The Concept of Consumerism;29
3.2.2;ii) Cultural Critique, Critique of Authority and Environmental Criticism;32
3.3;c) Consumer Society;33
3.3.1;i) Narrowing down »consumer society«;33
3.3.2;ii) Emergence of Consumer Societies;35
3.4;d) Consumption and Religion;37
3.5;e) Consumption in Art History;41
3.5.1;i) Marcel Duch42
3.5.2;ii) Andy Warhol;46
3.5.3;iii) Jeff Koons;49
4;3) London at the Turn of the Millennium;54
4.1;a) London's Cultural Landscape since 1980;56
4.2;b) Damien Hirst and Young British Artists;59
4.3;c) What Makes a British Artist in the 1990 s a Young British Artist?;67
4.3.1;i) YBAs after 2000;75
4.3.2;ii) Blair, BritPop and Cool Britannia;78
5;4) Damien Hirst;80
5.1;a) The »Natural History« Series;80
5.2;b) »The Golden Calf« (2008);88
5.2.1;i) Material Matters – Animal, Gold and Showcase;96
5.2.2;ii) Art auction / happening – »Beautiful Inside My Head Forever«;109
5.3;c) Butterfly Paintings (1991 – 2008);113
5.3.1;i) »Girls, Who Like Boys, Who Like Boys, Who Like Girls, Like Girls, Like Boys« (2006);119
5.3.2;ii) »Devotion« (2003);125
5.3.3;iii) Fly Paintings and Sculptures (1997 – 2008);140
5.4;d) »For the Love of God« (2007);145
5.5;e) Spot Paintings (Since 1986);171
5.5.1;i) »One of a Kind« Work of Art or Mass Production? Hirst and Series;176
5.5.2;ii) Hirst and the Tradition of Painting;177
5.5.3;iii) Drugs, Medicine (Cabinets) and Candy;184
5.5.4;iv) Reality and Ritual;190
5.5.5;v) Yuppie Art for 'Over the Sofa«? – Spot Paintings in Movies;192
5.5.6;vi) The Handling of a Location – White Cube and Museum;194
5.5.7;vii) Faith in Medicine and Advertising;195
5.5.8;viii) Over-Identification with the Viewer;200
6;5) Banksy and Damien Hirst;204
6.1;a) Street Art – The Rise of Banksy;204
6.2;b) The Spectacularization of Art;209
6.3;c) »Keep it Spotless (Defaced Hirst)« (2007);212
6.4;d) The Location Reference – Street (and) Art;227
7;6) Artistic strategies for Dealing with Consumer Phenomena (Conclusion);232
7.1;a) Hirst’s Illusion of Consumer Paradise;235
7.1.1;i) The Controlled »Shock«;235
7.1.2;ii) Over-Identification and Irony;236
7.2;b) Images of Images;237
7.3;c) (Dis-) Placement and Staging;238
7.4;d) Brands not Products;240
7.5;e) Advertising;243
7.6;f) The Viewer-Buyer and Collector as Perfect Consumer;244
7.7;g) (Im-)Material Things;248
8;7) Bibliography;254
8.1;i) Web Sources Naming an Author;254
8.2;ii) Web Sources without Naming an Author;265
8.3;iii) Further Websites;270
8.4;iv) Printed Newspaper Articles, Essays in Magazines and Interviews;273
8.5;v) Books and Exhibition Catalogues;276
8.6;vi) Videos;282
9;Index;284