Sausages (from 'The Last Supper')
About this artwork
This is one in a series of thirteen screenprints based on pharmaceutical packaging. However, Hirst has replaced the brand names of the drugs with variations on his own name and initials in all but one of the prints. The exotic-sounding drug names have been replaced with names of everyday foodstuffs. Hirst makes connections between religion and medicine, perhaps to suggest that we now place our trust in the latter and consume medication as unquestioningly as food. The number of prints echoes the number of disciples, plus Jesus, present at the Last Supper. The prints also recall Andy Warhol's use of packaging and commercial art.
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artist:Damien HirstEnglish (born 1965)
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title:Sausages (from 'The Last Supper')
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date created:1999
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materials:1 of 13 screenprints
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measurements:153.00 x 101.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased (Knapping Fund) with the assistance of the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland 2004
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accession number:GMA 4755 D
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Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst
Hirst was born in Bristol and grew up in Leeds, moving to London in 1986 to study at Goldsmith's College. While still a student, he organised the enormously successful 'Freeze' exhibition, which featured his own work as well as that of fellow students. This brought him to the attention of the...