Damien Hirst har forsøgt sig indenfor mange forskellige maleriske genrer i tidens løb. Fra konceptuel maler over en kortvarig periode som fotorealist til Francis Bacon inspireret maleri med meget mere. Nu springer han ud som pointillist i stilen fra Pierre Bonnard. Det skriver The Art Newspaper:


"Damien Hirst has taken spot painting to the next level in a new series of works created in pointillist style blobs of vividly coloured paint that he describes as “big abstract Bonnard paintings”.

The “veil paintings” are due to go on show at Larry Gagosian’s Los Angeles space on 1 March (until 14 April), in what will be Hirst’s first solo exhibition with the mega-dealer since returning to the gallery in 2016.

But the former YBA has already given onlookers a private view of the vibrant canvases on Instagram. Hirst describes how he was inspired as a student by a show of works by Willem de Kooning and Pierre Bonnard at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. “Both artists blew me away,” he says. “I’ve always loved Bonnard and his colour. How can you not love colour? Sunlight on flowers, fuck everything else.”"


(Foto: Damien Hirst / Instagram)


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