Damien Hirst: On the Spot
“I was always a colorist, I’ve always had a phenomenal love of color… I mean, I just move
“I was always a colorist, I’ve always had a phenomenal love of color… I mean, I just move color around on its own. So that’s where the spot paintings came from—to create that structure to do those colors, and do nothing. I suddenly got what I wanted. It was just a way of pinning down the joy of color.” 我記得上年這個時候(查看之後發現真的是 1 月 19!),英國其中一位身價最高的藝術家 Damien Hirst 在香港舉行展覽!他的 The Inescapable Truth 以 £1.75 million 成交,這幅在 1986 年完成的 spot painting 相信大家也不會感到陌生。這段短片裡頭,Damien Hirst 解說了他的 spot paintings 理論和背後的想法。[via]