http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/damien-hirst-and-sustainability/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Art, Sustainability, Environment - a blog by Joe Zammit-Lucia Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/damien-hirst-and-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Lindsey Matheson Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:15:04 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=206#comment-179 His work may be an interesting commentary as you say, but does it really make him an artist? Or is he a hoaxer or critic? His work may be an interesting commentary as you say, but does it really make him an artist? Or is he a hoaxer or critic?

]]> http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/damien-hirst-and-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Joe Zammit-Lucia Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:46:25 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=206#comment-175 Hi Natalie, thanks for your comment. Actually, I think that, because his art has been such a marvelous window into the fetish for wasteful consumption in our times, I think Hirst will be remembered as one of the great artists of his time. In turn that will make his works continue to be valuable in a self-feeding virtuous circle (if you think it's virtuous!). Now he's got bored with it all and has turned his hand to painting. It would be a shame if he finished his career by changing himself from a great artist to a mediocre painter. Hi Natalie, thanks for your comment. Actually, I think that, because his art has been such a marvelous window into the fetish for wasteful consumption in our times, I think Hirst will be remembered as one of the great artists of his time. In turn that will make his works continue to be valuable in a self-feeding virtuous circle (if you think it’s virtuous!). Now he’s got bored with it all and has turned his hand to painting. It would be a shame if he finished his career by changing himself from a great artist to a mediocre painter.

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