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Vanity Fair APR09:pg 145 (it must have seemed like a no brainer) by Lauren DiCioccio
Damien Hirst's work is currently on view at the Gagosian until August 21st. Looking at his work, I was instantly reminded of 20x200 artist Lauren DiCioccio who is also in Summer Reading. Her color codification dot drawings are similar to Hirst's "spot" paintings. Hirst's work in the Ecstatic Abstraction show is a little different from his some-what morbid (but still totally awesome) installations and sculptures.
However, Hirst apparently can't escape controversy even when he gets involved in a good cause. He just joined up with some big names, including Summer Reading artist Ed Ruscha, for Lance Armstrong's global cancer awareness exhibition. Hirst and a few other artists were commissioned to design bikes that Armstrong rode in the Tour de France finale; however, true to form, Hirst's bike is covered in dead butterflies, sparking some negative reactions about his involvement in the event. Dead butterflies glued to a bike doesn't exactly scream "let's be positive and find a cure for cancer!".
Either way, Armstrong's show's proceeds will be donated to cancer research which is always a good thing.
So, there are a couple weeks left of Ecstatic Abstraction and I recommend you definitely check it out because I'm no mathematician but Damien Hirst + Roy Lichtenstein+ Jeff Koons = worth seeing.
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