Invitation
2000 (made)
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This is the invitation to the private view of Damien Hirst: Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results, and Findings, held at the Gagosian Gallery, New York, September 23 - December 16, 2000. It comprises a ping-pong ball printed with the details of the show, in a box with a folded printed sheet with a diagram on one side entitled 'Fig. 1 - the pathophysiology of death. The fate of the body after death ' and on the back details of Certified Poison Control Centers in the USA.
Hirst is one of the most important artists of his generation. The exhibition demonstrated his continued obsession with absence, longing, memory and loss, explored through exhibits such as cabinets of curiosities, medical paraphernalia, and references to the frailty of the body.
The form of the invitation linked directly to the show: the title piece consisted of two vitrines filled with bouncing ping-pong balls. Another piece had a human skeleton, laid out on a glass cross, with rapidly rotating ping-pong balls held up on jets of air, serving as eyes.
Hirst is one of the most important artists of his generation. The exhibition demonstrated his continued obsession with absence, longing, memory and loss, explored through exhibits such as cabinets of curiosities, medical paraphernalia, and references to the frailty of the body.
The form of the invitation linked directly to the show: the title piece consisted of two vitrines filled with bouncing ping-pong balls. Another piece had a human skeleton, laid out on a glass cross, with rapidly rotating ping-pong balls held up on jets of air, serving as eyes.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Letraset and offset lithography on plastic ball, paper and card |
| Brief description | Invitation to Damien Hirst exhibition opening at the Gagosian Gallery, New York, in the form of a ping-pong ball in a box, 2000 |
| Physical description | An invitation which takes the form of ping pong ball lettered with exhibition title etc, in a box, similarly lettered, and with a printed folded leaflet relating to the exhibtion. |
| Credit line | Given by Edwina Sassoon through the Friends of the V&A |
| Summary | This is the invitation to the private view of Damien Hirst: Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results, and Findings, held at the Gagosian Gallery, New York, September 23 - December 16, 2000. It comprises a ping-pong ball printed with the details of the show, in a box with a folded printed sheet with a diagram on one side entitled 'Fig. 1 - the pathophysiology of death. The fate of the body after death ' and on the back details of Certified Poison Control Centers in the USA. Hirst is one of the most important artists of his generation. The exhibition demonstrated his continued obsession with absence, longing, memory and loss, explored through exhibits such as cabinets of curiosities, medical paraphernalia, and references to the frailty of the body. The form of the invitation linked directly to the show: the title piece consisted of two vitrines filled with bouncing ping-pong balls. Another piece had a human skeleton, laid out on a glass cross, with rapidly rotating ping-pong balls held up on jets of air, serving as eyes. |
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| Accession number | E.3531:1 to 3-2004 |
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| Record created | December 29, 2004 |
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