{"product_id":"damien-hirst-cerisiers-en-fleurs-damien-hirst-cherry-blossoms-french-edition","title":"Damien Hirst: Cerisiers En Fleurs: Damien Hirst: Cherry Blossoms, French Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncandescent and celebratory paintings of cherry blossoms from Damien Hirst, in a glorious oversize volume with 18 gatefold spreads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 107 works, \u003ci\u003eCherry Blossoms\u003c\/i\u003e marks a new chapter in Damien Hirst's career-long exploration of the physical relationship between artist and canvas that began with his \u003ci\u003eSpot Paintings\u003c\/i\u003e in 1986. Hirst describes his cherry blossoms as \"garish and messy and fragile\"; the series signals a shift in Hirst's career away from minimalism and \"the imagined mechanical painter\" toward a painting that delights in the potential haphazardness of the medium, as well as the artist's own fallibility as a creator. Using a conceptual approach, Hirst explores questions of beauty, color and excess in these paintings. Rich in color and striking in number, Hirst's \u003ci\u003eCherry Blossoms\u003c\/i\u003e are both an appropriation and a tribute to the pictorial art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris in 2021, \u003ci\u003eCherry Blossoms\u003c\/i\u003e was Damien Hirst's first museum exhibition in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien Hirst\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1965) rose to prominence in the 1990s as one of the Young British Artists, garnering attention for his controversial site-specific pieces. A 1989 graduate of Goldsmiths College, Hirst was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995. Now one of the contemporary art world's most famous figures, Hirst continues to surprise audiences with a staggering diversity of work, ranging from sculpture and painting to installation and performance art. In 2012, a retrospective of his 30-year career was staged at Tate Modern. Hirst is represented by Gagosian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alberto Manguel, Damien Hirst, Emanuele Coccia, Gilda Williams, Philippe Costamagna, Michio Hayashi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47478876831980,"sku":"9782869251588","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9782869251588.jpg?v=1775574766","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/damien-hirst-cerisiers-en-fleurs-damien-hirst-cherry-blossoms-french-edition","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}