Description

Diameter: 750 mm (30 inches). Lenticular - digital print on PETG plastic. Edition of 50. Signed and numbered. Framed. Published by Other Criteria. This artwork is sold as a framed piece. These prints are made using the most advanced lenticular printing technique, creating an illusion of depth that shows the artwork in its full glory. As with the butterfly – one of Hirst's most enduring 'universal trigger' – the insects appeal to the artist partly because they retain the appearance of life in death. The artist was initially drawn to the insects because, like the butterfly, they embody the fragility of life, retaining an iridescent beauty even in death. However, whilst the grandeur of the wings in the 'Kaleidoscope' series evoke stained glass windows, and are often assigned spiritual titles, the 'Entomology Works' are named after phases and characters in Dante Alighieri's tortuous vision of the afterlife, the Divine Comedy. As Hirst explains, the paintings are: "beautiful and horrific at the same time, you can't help but be drawn into it, seduced by it, but you want to run away from it.".