This is him. Well my interpretation. I don't in any way think that this is very good, and it is definitely not worth anywhere near the 125k photograph that I painted this from...I suppose part of the reason I have done this is because I have recently become slightly infatuated by his decorated life. His new show of paintings at the Wallace Gallery look very Bacon-like, but with their own Hirst-ness about them! He has said that when he was younger he gave up painting because all his efforts looked like bad Bacons.
These 25 paintings could soon be seen as the defining works of his career... Especially the haunting, ghoulish Requiem. This seems important, although I am yet to see it physically...
I also had forgotten that he built his Shaker-style painting studio on the third series of Grand Designs. I wonder if he will bring back Fat Les anytime soon... Yep, that is him. Seriously. He seems to like pulling rabbits out of hats!
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Since the above post ^ I have visited Hirst at the Wallace. All I can say is this... I retract any excitement or intrigue that had been felt prior visitation.
It was a terrible show - from setting (the Wallace) to subject (skulls, dots, and darkness). He was right about only being able to produce "Bad Bacons". Plus Damien, you can't just re-invent historic meaning and association.
Career defining... sure, but for all the wrong reasons.
Here is a very comprehensive (and shared) review about Hirst's new work (as we attended it together) from my good friend Jian Wei.
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