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Damien Hirst H5-1 Gritti For Sale

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Damien Hirst - H5-1 Gritti, 2018, Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium panel

H5-1 Gritti, 2018

Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium panel

35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in 89.9 x 89.9 cm

Edition

Edition of 100

About this work

Damien Hirst's Gritti is a visually captivating facsimile print that mesmerizes with its playful arrangement of spots. Part of his Colour Space series, specifically H5 from 2018, it draws inspiration from his earlier spot paintings but introduces a new level of dynamism and spontaneity.In Gritti, the iconic grids of the spot paintings give way to a randomness of movement, color, and even splattering paint. Against a pristine white background, vibrant hues of red, orange, green, blue, purple, yellow, and pink spots converge, overlapping and touching to cover nearly the entire picture plane. The occasional splatter adds an extra layer of vitality, enhancing the work's dynamic nature.The spots in Gritti, named after the opulent Gritti Palace hotel in Venice, appear to float in space, creating a sense of depth and movement. They seem to multiply infinitely, extending beyond the picture plane and resembling atoms under a microscope. As viewers engage with the artwork, the spots play tricks on the eyes, forming captivating swirling and circular patterns that seem to dance across the surface.Reverberating with energy, Gritti is a work suspended in a constant state of transformation. Its dynamic particles construct a visual symphony that invites viewers to immerse themselves in a world of color, movement, and infinite possibilities.

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Edition & Provenance

Year
2018
Medium
Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium panel
Edition
Edition of 100

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Damien Hirst is the defining figure of the Young British Artists movement and one of the most collected living artists in the world. His work spans Natural History sculptures, Spot Paintings, Butterfly Works, Spin Paintings, and pharmaceutical installations ? series that have set auction benchmarks at Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips across four decades. Collections at Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Guggenheim confirm his standing as one of the essential artists of his generation.

His single-artist auction "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever" generated $198 million at Sotheby's in 2008, a record that remains one of the most significant events in the contemporary art market. Major works including the Lullaby series of medicine cabinets and the Natural History formaldehyde sculptures have each achieved prices above $10 million, while his Spot Paintings and print editions sustain deep, global secondary market activity across all price points.

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