Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Damien Hirst: the dollars and sense? https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=268372#post268372 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=268372#post268372 And remember folks rust never sleeps.

It was designed to change with the forces that change the land – cool!

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And remember folks rust never sleeps.

]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:48:14 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259876#post259876 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259876#post259876 Wed, 30 May 2012 11:20:51 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259875#post259875 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259875#post259875 Wed, 30 May 2012 11:03:08 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259873#post259873 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259873#post259873 here it is. V funny, thanks :-) ]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:50:17 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259838#post259838 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259838#post259838 Take that, Hirst. ]]> Tue, 29 May 2012 19:50:18 +1200 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259613#post259613 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259613#post259613 this^...but that, an abomination, 15,000 flames rapturously fueled! ]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 19:36:57 +1200 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259612#post259612 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259612#post259612 Sat, 26 May 2012 19:32:33 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259597#post259597 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259597#post259597 Sat, 26 May 2012 16:14:19 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259594#post259594 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259594#post259594 We didnt have truly portable cameras (for kids, I mean) but I was truly fascinated
by a bloke at the boulder beach, Moeraki, early 1950s,who v. swiftly drew silhouettes of the
boulders he saw. You looked from sand to boulders to sea- and the sea was coming in-
since then,…

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 15:58:46 +1200 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259591#post259591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259591#post259591

Aint so. I regularly burn stuff, drawn/written, because it’s of no moment to anyone but me

Yes, it's so liberating, I was reminded of the calligraphers by your mention of sand, which is another wonderfully guilt-free canvas.

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 15:41:03 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259589#post259589 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259589#post259589 This may only serve to fuel the flames. I heard someone discussing this over the past week, and got the impression it was recent, but it was an Art Award in 2009.

Dane Mitchell wrote instructions from Berlin, telling the gallery staff to tip the contents of the rubbish bins…

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 15:24:44 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259588#post259588 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259588#post259588 Ooo, I like that!

(There is this weird & precious idea that every scrap & scribble of an artist (writer/whatever) is valuable. Aint so. I regularly burn stuff, drawn/written, because it's of no moment to anyone but me – and the moment has gone-

the exception is my diaries: that is because…

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 15:09:43 +1200 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259585#post259585 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259585#post259585 Sat, 26 May 2012 14:42:06 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259581#post259581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259581#post259581 Sat, 26 May 2012 14:12:43 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259580#post259580 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259580#post259580 Sat, 26 May 2012 14:10:26 +1200 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259578#post259578 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259578#post259578 Sat, 26 May 2012 13:36:50 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259556#post259556 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259556#post259556 I recommend going to Gordon Harris, buying a not too cheap canvas, M grade are good, selecting a size that meets your approval, buy a single brush that you like the feel of, and a student basic acrylic paint colour set that includes white. All up probably round 100.00.
Prop…

]]> Sat, 26 May 2012 08:42:44 +1200 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259549#post259549 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259549#post259549 I feel awkward over this largely because I would not wish to be seen as an apologist for Hirst any more than I would for Jack Vettriano.

Consequently;

I’m sure Thomson approves of this because it involves paint….
This is a better argument than I have ever read by Thomson…

]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 22:36:05 +1200 merc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259306#post259306 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259306#post259306 http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/stuck-inn-xi-the-art-damien-hirst-stole/ ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 08:12:11 +1200 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259293#post259293 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=259293#post259293 he cannot paint. ]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 23:04:05 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257683#post257683 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257683#post257683 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:56:29 +1200 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257615#post257615 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257615#post257615 Mon, 07 May 2012 23:36:13 +1200 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257614#post257614 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257614#post257614

It Hirst hadn’t pulled off this trick of selling his work for vast sums, I doubt anybody would take any notice of it.

FWIW. Damien Hirst and I share roughly the same age bracket and many common cultural threads. I first saw Hirst's work in 1992 at the Turner prize…

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 23:35:42 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257569#post257569 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257569#post257569 That’s not true though – Warhol, Hirst, a few other artists are brands as big as anything.

What’s not true?
What I was saying is that there’s limited point to art if it’s not creative work. What Warhol did was creative, at least at first. But beyond that, pop art…

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 18:19:58 +1200 Keir Leslie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257568#post257568 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257568#post257568 Mon, 07 May 2012 18:12:26 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257563#post257563 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257563#post257563 Trivial – Immediacy

The thing with fine art that tries to compete with popular culture is that pop culture always does it better, bigger and more widely. What’s the point of art that’s no more creative than a soft-drink commercial? Why bother? It Hirst hadn’t pulled off this trick of…

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Tomato – tomayto

Trivial – Immediacy

I agree though that his work is patchy, as for chutzpah he speaks to a generation for whom chutzpah has become currency.

Sometimes I long for the days when galleries where quiet, inhabited by snooties students and some others.

How busy was it?…

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 17:04:52 +1200 Matt Blomeley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257499#post257499 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257499#post257499 http://bit.ly/JVEmD7 is an insightful, entertaining read… ]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 09:50:26 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257491#post257491 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257491#post257491 Speaking of amazing exhibitions, when I saw the title ‘Degas to Dali’ advertised at the Auckland City Gallery ... I’ll be going again for sure
Sounds like ya better hurry before your council turn your art gallery into mere tourist fodder...

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 08:32:19 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257448#post257448 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257448#post257448 Love that Back Burn painting, wish I had known about the Simon Edwards exhibition

+1 Looks like a stunning series.

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 20:57:45 +1200 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257445#post257445 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257445#post257445 Thanks. Love that Back Burn painting, wish I had known about the Simon Edwards exhibition — I see it finished today.
Online has been a gallery substitue for me this past year, not as good, but still powerful. Marie Le Lievre's exhibition in Wellington is stunning. On right now. http://www.bartleyandcompanyart.co.nz/exhibitions.php?artistID=241&exhibitionID=&series=&k=&p=1&series=

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 20:17:17 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257426#post257426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257426#post257426 Chambers 241 in Moorhouse Ave – by the flyover between Durham and Colombo streets, and City Art in Disraeli Street

Thanks for that, Ian.
What all of these Chch gallery websites need is A MAP ON THE HOMEPAGE WITH THEIR LOCATION! Otherwise it's so much work looking up where they…

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 15:57:11 +1200 Keir Leslie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257423#post257423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257423#post257423 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:21:04 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257421#post257421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257421#post257421 art reach...
Man, it’d be nice to have an art gallery to go to….
Don't forget about Chambers 241 in Moorhouse Ave – by the flyover between Durham and Colombo streets, and City Art in Disraeli Street, Sydenham end...

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 14:53:21 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257417#post257417 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257417#post257417 The Rolling Maul thing at CAG’s place on Madras

Have just looked that up. Opposite the end of Ash St?

And Jonathan Smart's now in Linwood?

Thanks for the heads up. :-)

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 14:20:26 +1200 Keir Leslie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257415#post257415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257415#post257415 Sat, 05 May 2012 13:48:48 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257408#post257408 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257408#post257408 I'm interested that the skull is impressive in the...flesh, though, Graham.

Man, it'd be nice to have an art gallery to go to....

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 12:44:09 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257406#post257406 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257406#post257406 I guess when you think about it the sale of The Scream for $119.9m (£74m) to a private collector, who will probably put it in their bedroom, never to be seen again, seems to speak to the same problem.

I doubt Munch got much for it, though! It’s usually the…

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 12:41:01 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257394#post257394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257394#post257394 Still, Hirst exemplifies art as commodity at its most blatant

Although, I guess when you think about it the sale of The Scream for $119.9m (£74m) to a private collector, who will probably put it in their bedroom, never to be seen again, seems to speak to the same problem.…

]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 07:54:18 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257392#post257392 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257392#post257392 Sat, 05 May 2012 05:51:51 +1200 Keir Leslie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257390#post257390 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257390#post257390 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:01:45 +1200 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257377#post257377 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257377#post257377 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:24:07 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257367#post257367 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257367#post257367 Great thing to go and see Graham.

Is it worth posting a link to the Tate Page? There's a video too.

Speaking of amazing exhibitions, when I saw the title 'Degas to Dali' advertised at the Auckland City Gallery I thought, 'yeah, probably seen all those'.

Nope. One of the…

]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 12:05:10 +1200 Pete Sime https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257362#post257362 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257362#post257362 I think I still prefer the Lego version of his work

http://www.littleartist.co.uk/hirst-shark-tank.html

]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 11:22:12 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257361#post257361 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-damien-hirst-the-dollars-and-sense/?p=257361#post257361 Discussion from blog post.

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