DAMIEN HIRST – THE SOULS
2010-08-23Hirst has filled the Paul Stolper Gallery with 120 framed, foilblock butterfly prints.
In total ‘The Souls’ is made up of 4 butterflies, in 80 different colourways, each one in an edition of 15.
Hirst’s fascination with butterflies derives in large part from the way in which these beautiful insects embody both the beauty and the impermanence of life, becoming symbols of faith and mortality. Of ‘The Souls’ he has said: “I love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive. The foilblock makes the butterflies have a feel similar to the actual butterflies in the way that they reflect the light.
Exhibition runs from October 7th to November 13th, 2010
Paul Stolper Gallery
31 Museum Street
London
WC1 1LH
UK
