The Culture Vulture in association with Leeds Art Gallery will be hosting a very very special sneak preview of the Damien Hirst exhibition for bloggers and social media enthusiasts. We say special because it’s the first time ever a major free public display of Damien Hirst’s work (source @ArtFund) The exhibition will be coming to the art gallery on The Headrow from July to October 2011 as part of the national ARTIST ROOMS programme which will see collections of modern and contemporary art held by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland going on display at venues around the country.
But what if you don’t get the hype about Hirst? Let’s face it, he’s an artist most of us have heard of and it’s quite likely that not many of us will have seen his work in the flesh. Would the opportunity to see the exhibition before it’s fully installed with the curators at Leeds Art Gallery Nigel Walsh and Sarah Brown confirm your preconceptions or be a welcome opportunity to discover more about a very famous Leeds export?
We’ve got really limited availability on our event on the 12th July, so please do click here if you blog and would like to join us.
In the meantime, let us know if you what you think about Damien Hirst. Here are a few tweets from those of you who have heard of him…
The event is Tuesday 12th July 6-8pm Leeds Art Gallery
The exhibiton is sponsored by Walker Morris
About the image: Damien Hirst: Trinity ‑ Pharmacology, Physiology, Pathology 2000 Mixed media three cabinets: 2740 x 1830 x 350 mm, 2130 x 1520 x 350 mm, 2130 x 1520 x 350 mm ARTIST ROOMS Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008. © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2011
I saw some of Hirst’s work at the Saatchi Gallery years ago, including a pickled shark, if memory serves. There were items there that made me realise that he is a talented artist, but I don’t think that comes across in his high-profile works. It is well worth seeing them up close, though, as you can see details of the effort involved that are not evident on television. I’m looking forward to the exhibition.