Damien Hirst: the capitalism sublime?
Conference paper
White, L. 2012. Damien Hirst: the capitalism sublime? Marxism in Culture. Institute of Historical Research, University College London 01 Jun 2012
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | Damien Hirst: the capitalism sublime? |
Authors | White, L. |
Abstract | Damien Hirst is perhaps the apotheosis of the capitalist artist. He is also a figure – in the bare objective terms of his economic and institutional success – who demands close attention as a cultural phenomenon: not, perhaps, an exemplary artist for our era, but certainly a deeply symptomatic and significant one. He is also a cultural producer who, whatever we may feel about his ethos, at his rare best has provided us with some of the art world’s most memorable images of recent decades. The question remains, then, of what it is in such images that has made them ones in which our society has consented to recognise its own image. |
Keywords | Damien Hirst; sublime; capitalism and art; contemporary art; yBa; modernity; commodification of culture; imperialism |
Research Group | Diasporas |
Visual Culture and Curating cluster | |
Conference | Marxism in Culture |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 27 Dec 2013 |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | This was a 45-minute paper (followed by discussion) presented by invitation at the fortnightly Open Seminar on 'Marxism in Culture' at the Institute of Historical Research, London. At the event Luke White was the sole speaker. The paper drew on his PhD work on Damien Hirst. |
Web address (URL) | http://www.marxisminculture.org/?p=209 |
Language | English |
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