१४ मार्च, २०१८

"Once known for trouble, even sticking a piece of chicken into the opening of his penis in a restaurant, for shock value, and getting sued for it, he has visibly mellowed."

"Despite his wild success, Mr. Hirst still sees himself as an outsider in what he calls a 'stuffy' scene in which people 'look their nose down' at him for breaking rules. Like many powerful men, he retains a deep desire to be accepted by the working class world he arose from — in his case, a postwar industrial Leeds of poverty and broken homes. Growing up without money, and then being known for it as much as the work, still stings.... 'He’s sober, which makes communication a lot more reliable,' [said the art dealer Larry Gagosian]. 'He’s healthy, he’s into yoga. He likes to tease people, but there’s not a mean bone in him....”

Not even a chicken bone?

The passage is from "Damien Hirst’s Post-Venice, Post-Truth World/The artist worked in secret on his first love, painting, for his new show. This is the anti-Venice, he says."

The new paintings are colorful dots, a sentimental tribute to Bonnard and to large sellable rectangles.



That's Bonnard. Click on this link to the Gagosian gallery to see the Hirsts. Ooh, I have a bit of a feeling that if I stared at them the right way a 3-D image would pop.



Good thing nobody gave Mr. Pitt the idea of "sticking a piece of chicken into the opening of his penis." Did Damien Hirst really do that and what piece of chicken? Thigh? Wing? You're lucky I looked it up for you. From The Guardian (2000):
Hirst's new self-awareness does not seem to have eroded his talent for bad behaviour. He reveals that he is facing legal action after he dropped his trousers in the restaurant of a Dublin hotel last month and inserted a chicken bone in the end of his penis.
Ah! So it was a bone! But a bone from what piece of the chicken? The drumstick? I'm just going to picture a delicate softly pointed rib, even though it makes me think of the death of America's oddest founding father, Gouveneur Morris:
After suffering from crippling gout throughout the fall of 1816, the Founding Father’s pain grew even worse when he began to experience a urinary tract blockage. From the don’t-try-this-at-home department, Morris then attempted to clear the obstruction by using a piece of whale bone as a catheter. The unsuccessful procedure led to further internal injuries and infection. Morris passed away on November 6, 1816, in the same room in which he was born 64 years earlier on his family’s estate, Morrisania, in what today is the South Bronx.
And that's all I'm going to say about Damien Hirst for now.

२७ टिप्पण्या:

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

Oh great, another artist who paints nothing but pictures of women's genitalia. Perverts.

Martin म्हणाले...

Please let that be all you say about Damien Hirst, ever.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

They don’t kill designer chickens, do they.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Yeah, like most party animals, I may have worn a lampshade on my head, or quaffed too many Tequila shots at the office Christmas party, but I have never thought to stick a chicken bone in my dick hole for shock value.

Seems kinda painful.

tcrosse म्हणाले...

I served with a Warrant Officer in the Navy who had a fly tattooed on the end of his dick. I know this because after a few drinks he would show it off. Conduct unbecoming, I would think.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"I served with a Warrant Officer in the Navy who had a fly tattooed on the end of his dick."

Insect or zipper? I can picture both, but would prefer only to have to picture one. Thanks!

SayAahh म्हणाले...

No fly zone.

Hagar म्हणाले...

Gouverneur Morris also said he added a provision of his own when he wrote the final draft of the Constitution, but would not tell anyone what it was - but probably just to get people to read the document looking for it.

He also made a bet with a fellow gentleman that he would address George Washington familiarly and went up to the general, slapped him on the shoulder and said something like, "How ya doin' bud?," and won his bet, but said he would not do that again for all the tea in China.

tcrosse म्हणाले...

Insect or zipper?

Insect. I didn't examine it further.

tcrosse म्हणाले...

Give me a second to switch to the appropriate avatar.

The Godfather म्हणाले...

I'm sitting at my computer with my legs crossed wishing I hadn't read this post.

Luke Lea म्हणाले...

Gouveneur Morris led a colorful life --- so colorful that even though he penned the Preamble to the Constitution, which is right up there with the Gettysburg address, we don't hear about him much.

George म्हणाले...

Australian Aborigines have been making dot paintings for centuries - https://www.balarinji.com.au/qantas-emily - Hirst seems to be more original in playing with his genitals than with his art.

Michael K म्हणाले...

In the days of treadle sewing machines, a common bladder condition was to have one of the leather belts that drove the machine inserted in the urethra (It was just the right diameter) and into the bladder. Those that came to doctors' attention formed a knot in the bladder and couldn't be pulled out.
It was so common that a book was written about them and similar cases.

No, Amazon doesn't have it.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

A couple good rules of thumb for modern dating:

1. The Aziz Ansari Rule:

Don't go for "The Claw" on the first date, unless she's really into you.

2. The Damien Hirst Rule:

Don't stick chicken bones in your schlong. Ever.

There are more.

miklos000rosza म्हणाले...

It's been said that Hirst's shark suspended in a tank is the most significant piece of art in the last 25 years. I think what made it work was the title: "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living." Since then he's done othing of any interest.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

I had a bladder inspection last year using a camera on a flexible tube lubricated with water coming out the tube.

"Sounds" awful. The first few inches weren't painful, to my surprise.

Rabel म्हणाले...

Give him a break, he just got confused. Somebody recommended spatchcocking his chicken and it all went downhill from there.

Wince म्हणाले...

If you insert chicken in your dill hole whilst "choking the chicken" would it technically be cannibalism?

Lyle Smith म्हणाले...

That painting is pretty awesome. The lady's penetrating look at you has Munch-like emotional statement to it. It's also has an element of jugendstil/art nouveau to it. Like a glaze of art nouveau. Love it.

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

Laurence, Ann:
Could you make a clickable like you did for "law posts only" or whatever, and make a "non icky posts" similar to that? or would that be too hard, or unconstitutional or something?

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

Don't get me wrong, I'm no Chuck. *stifled laughter*

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

Don't get me wrong

Warren Fahy म्हणाले...

You said "bone" knowing it would really get us, Miss Andrist! (Seriously, the word alone in that context... OWCH.)

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

She said "bone". Heh, heh, heh.

BillyTalley म्हणाले...

1) Postmodernism sez wve arrived at the future, originality is impossible, the author is dead and new chapters of art history can’t be written... so, all that can be done are faded versions of nearly forgotten greats.
2) When I was in the Navy, one of my shipmates was recovering from VD, so he had to ream his urethra with a stainless steel spike daily. The sight of him walking to the head with it in hand made everyone squirm.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

Gotta love Navy medicine.