Love Is All You Need
Love Is All You Need
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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Screenprint, 2016
Signed Print Edition of 75
H 155cm x W 152cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Love Is All You Need - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Love Is All You Need is a screen print from Damien Hirst’s 2016 Love series that shows an array of butterflies captured on a bold white heart and set against an off-white backdrop. Every butterfly in the square composition is unique and is depicted in bright, contrasting colours to stand out against the plain backdrop.
Reminiscent of his series of paintings entitled The Four Elements (Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, Green And Blue) from 2005, Love Is All You Need depicts the butterflies as though trapped on fly-paper. Works such as this were intended to ‘look like an accident of paint with butterflies stuck on it,’ according to the artist. The butterfly is among Hirst’s most famous motifs, emblematic of the fleetingness of life and the romance of death.
The Love series takes the optimistic sentiments of the Beatles for the prints’ titles and fuses this with Hirst’s subtle reflections on mortality. The butterflies appear to be suspended in celebration, their wings retaining their vibrance even in death. Hirst uses the butterfly motif throughout his artistic oeuvre as a ‘universal trigger.’ This motif helps the artist to explore the uncertainties at the core of human experience: love, life, death, loyalty and betrayal through unconventional media.
