HIRST'S
'ENTOMOLOGY CABINET', 'LAST KINGDOM'
A
SELECTION OF HIRST'S EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION
OF ANATOMICAL MODELS, TAXIDERMY,
SPECIMEN AND SKELETONS
ARE
ON DISPLAY ALONGSIDE AN
'ENTOMOLOGY CABINET'
AT THE
BARBICAN'S 'MAGNIFICENT OBSESSIONS' EXHIBITION
HIRST
DISCUSSED HIS LOVE OF COLLECTING
IN A CATALOGUE ESSAY FOR THE EXHIBITION
THIS
IS
THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION IN THE UK
TO PRESENT THE FASCINATING PERSONAL
COLLECTIONS OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.
RANGING FROM MASS-PRODUCED
MEMORABILIA
AND POPULAR COLLECTIBLES TO ONE-OF-A-KIND CURIOSITIES,
RARE
ARTEFACTS AND SPECIMENS,
THESE COLLECTIONS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE
INSPIRATIONS, INFLUENCES, MOTIVES AND OBSESSIONS OF ARTISTS.
WHILE
SOME ARTISTS ARE CONNOISSEURS,
OTHERS ACCUMULATE HOARDS OF OBJECTS,
NEVER
LETTING ANYTHING GO.
MANY
LIVE WITH AND MAKE DIRECT USE OF THEIR COLLECTIONS
AND OTHERS KEEP THEM UNDER
WRAPS OR IN STORAGE.
COLLECTING
OBJECTS
FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY
IS
KEY TO THE PRACTICE OF MANY ARTISTS IN THE
EXHIBITION.
PRESENTED ALONGSIDE EXAMPLES OF THEIR WORK,
THEIR COLLECTIONS, IN
TURN, HELP TO ELUCIDATE THEIR ART.
OTHER
FEATURED ARTISTS ARE:
ARMAN. PETER BLAKE. HANNE DARBOVEN. EDMUND DE WAAL.
DAMIEN HIRST. HOWARD HODGKIN. DR LAKRA. SOL LEWITT.
MARTIN PARR. JIM SHAW. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO. ANDY WARHOL.
PAE WHITE. MARTIN WONG/DANH VO.
HOME
http://www.damienhirst.com/home
FORMALDEHYDE
'MAGNIFICENT OBSESSIONS'
Wunderkammer
BARBICAN
ENCLUME ACIER OU FONTE AU CHOIX
5 KG À 100 KG
CARACTÉRISTIQUES
2 BIGORNES (RONDE ET CARRÉE).
4 PATINS
TABLE UNIE, DRESSÉE, CÉMENTÉE ET TREMPÉE
1 TROU ROND
1 TROU CARRÉ
BILLOT SUR DEMANDE.
DANS LE MONDE DES TERRORISTES IMAGINAIRES.
LE CANADA SOUHAITE
UNE ARMÉE IRAKIENNE « PLUS EFFICACE ».
IRAK, UNE GUERRE SANS FIN.
L'EI PREND
SES QUARTIERS À RAMADI,
BAGDAD PRÉPARE LA CONTRE-OFFENSIVE
19 MAI 2015
MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES DU CANADA
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http://voyage.gc.ca/destinations/syrie
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