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Damien Hirst: Život, smrt a láska – A Contemporary Art Exhibition at Galerie Rudolfinum

Explore Hirst's profound journey through life, death, and love as presented in his significant sculptures and installations.

The exhibition 'Damien Hirst: Život, smrt a láska' at Galerie Rudolfinum delved into the British artist's iconic exploration of profound universal themes. It showcased Hirst's influential sculptures, installations, and paintings, highlighting his engagement with mortality and symbolism. Visitors encountered his unique approach to transforming challenging subjects into art.

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Exhibition summary

This exhibition showcased the work of contemporary artist Damien Hirst, exploring profound themes of life, death, and love through his sculptures, installations, and paintings. It offered a focused look at the artist's primary formal and thematic concerns over the preceding decade.

Curatorial context

The exhibition "Damien Hirst: Život, smrt a láska" (Life, Death and Love) at Galerie Rudolfinum presented the significant work of the contemporary British artist Damien Hirst, born in 1965. Hirst, a prominent figure of the Young British Artists movement, is known for his work across sculpture, installations, and painting, often featuring striking ready-made objects and explorations of mortality. His art grapples with deeply symbolic and metaphysical questions, transforming potentially grotesque or challenging subjects into new forms of beauty and contemplation. The exhibition offered a curated overview of Hirst's oeuvre from the past decade, featuring installations, sculptures, and paintings that highlight key formal and thematic aspects of his practice. The show aimed to provide Czech audiences with a concise yet impactful introduction to Hirst's thought-provoking and often confrontational artistic vision. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, and was curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran and Petr Nedoma.

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The page mentions that the last admission is 30 minutes before closing time and that visitors can return later if they do not have enough time to see the exhibition, implying a voluntary admission policy for this particular show, though specific pricing is not detailed. It also directs visitors to general contact information and a map for directions and further details about the venue.

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Venue
Galerie Rudolfinum
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
May 21, 2009 – Aug 30, 2009
Artist line / attribution
Featuring works by Damien Hirst. Curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran and Petr Nedoma.
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