I Love You (white, coral, oriental gold, cool gold)
I Love You (white, coral, oriental gold, cool gold)
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
POA
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Foil Block, 2015
Signed Print Edition of 14
H 100cm x W 70cm
Critical Review
I Love You (white, coral, oriental gold, cool gold) is one of a series of prints by Damien Hirst entitled I Love You from 2015. The foil block print shows a single butterfly with its wings open, in the centre of a white heart, against a coral backdrop. The central butterfly is depicted with gold foil in two tones.
Hirst depicts the almost photographic motif of the butterfly in two tones of gold that blend into one another to create a flat image. Set against solid, block colour and the crisp outline of the heart, Hirst creates a print that has an immediate and visceral visual impact. Combining the vernacular of the everyday with artificial colour, Hirst’s work appeals to a broad audience and conveys seemingly universal themes surrounding love.
Speaking of his interest in the topic of love, Hirst has explained, “Love is a beautiful thing, and I see it as a small antidote to the horrors of the world.” Hirst has used the butterfly as a reflection of life throughout his artistic oeuvre and is fascinated by the appearance of life that the insect retains in death. The I Love You series is representative of the way that Hirst puts themes of morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics into dialogue with one another to create spectacular and aphoristic images.
