{"id":3927,"date":"2021-08-05T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/fr\/uncategorized\/le-cours-dart-floral-magistral-de-damien-hirst-a-paris\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:34:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:34:34","slug":"damien-hirsts-floral-art-masterclass-comes-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/damien-hirsts-floral-art-masterclass-comes-to-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Damien Hirst\u2019s floral art masterclass comes to Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Sommaire<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a51db4c9218e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a51db4c9218e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/damien-hirsts-floral-art-masterclass-comes-to-paris\/#A_new_addition_to_the_portfolio_of_one_of_the_worlds_most_cherished_artists\" >A new addition to the portfolio of one of the world&#8217;s most cherished artists<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/art\/damien-hirsts-floral-art-masterclass-comes-to-paris\/#A_radical_set_of_canvases_inspired_by_Impressionism_and_action_painting\" >A radical set of canvases inspired by Impressionism and action painting<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art welcomes \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d. Damien Hirst\u2019s d\u00e9but solo museum exhibition in Paris is a jaw-dropping yet strange experience. It gives the public an exceptional preview of a new series that the former \u2018bad boy\u2019 of contemporary art completed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Radical and ultra-photogenic, this monumental installation of paintings depicting flowering <i>sakura<\/i> blossom trees is an important step in his career. His CV already boasts regular auction records at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christie\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sotheby\u2019s<\/a> and exhibitions in top art galleries such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/gagosian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gagosian<\/a> , as well as some scandalous works. \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d is a work that is typically paradoxical, oscillating between psychedelia, the attraction to death and humour, extravagant minimalism, all kinds of animals, and even nature.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_new_addition_to_the_portfolio_of_one_of_the_worlds_most_cherished_artists\"><\/span>A new addition to the portfolio of one of the world&#8217;s most cherished artists<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the ticket office of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationcartier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art<\/a>, Damien Hirst\u2019s \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d exhibition is reflected in the glass and metal framework of the imposing building, which is the work of leading French architect Jean Nouvel and was built to showcase creations by Cartier \u2013 the great jeweller and patron of the arts. This \u201cframe\u201d is perfect, as it attracts lots of smartphone-wielding visitors, who like to share snaps of exhibitions on Instagram. Pinkish, whiteish, reddish and orangey hues dominate on the huge, colourful canvases. The paintings are hung at perfectly equal distances within the space offered by the Foundation building. They are all of the same thing: Japanese cherry trees in full bloom,\u00a0 the most explicit of blossoms, more or less completely obstructing cloudless blue skies. The heavens can be seen peeping through a frenzy of buds, leaves and branches. It is a sort of unexpected sequel to \u201cTrees\u201d, the Cartier Foundation\u2019s major travelling exhibition, which notably took the work of the commissioned architect, Stefano Boeri, to Shanghai.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_398\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"left wp-image-398 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Damien Hirst\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/villas-decoration-damien-hirst-03.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Damien Hirst\" width=\"950\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damien Hirst<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_396\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"center wp-image-396 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Damien Hirst\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/villas-decoration-damien-hirst-05.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Damien Hirst\" width=\"600\" height=\"850\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damien Hirst<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It took Damien Hirst three years to complete 107 new paintings, of which a grand total of 30 are on display at the Cartier Foundation in Paris. An extraordinary \u201cpictorial gesture\u201d, as intended by the artist. Both tinged with hedonism and provocative, this creative impulse marks a return to the Briton\u2019s roots as a key member of the famous Young British Artists. This group, as defined by exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery in London during the 1990s, helped to break conventions and to pave the way for the new popularity of modern art. This genre is still debated in society.<\/p>\n<p>Butterflies and cows, as well as human skulls, flies and skilfully manipulated sharks have long haunted the world of contemporary art and the imagination of the public. More recent internationally-recognised works by the English artist Damien Hirst, a true star of omnipresent art during the 2000s, have almost eclipsed his first pieces dating from the late 1980s. Nevertheless, these earlier works are regarded as masterpieces. Among them is <i>Medicine Cabinets<\/i>, in which gleaming, immaculate, oversized medicine cabinets are filled with real and artificial pills, and medicine boxes are arranged like precious gems. Always against the grain of his own practice, the artist has recently gained recognition for his auction using non-fungible tokens. The famous \u201cNFTs\u201d: these ephemeral digital works are seen as a revolution in the world and the contemporary art market. An opportunistic artist? As the art critic Gilda Williams perfectly highlights in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationcartier.com\/editions\/damien-hirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">catalogue accompanying the \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d exhibition<\/a>, Damien Hirst is \u201ca British artist with an American touch\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignnone wp-image-397 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Damien Hirst\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/villas-decoration-damien-hirst-04.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Damien Hirst\" width=\"950\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_radical_set_of_canvases_inspired_by_Impressionism_and_action_painting\"><\/span>A radical set of canvases inspired by Impressionism and action painting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A return to grace orchestrated by Damien Hirst himself at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d clearly acknowledges its influences. These include the great movements of 20th century art, such as Impressionism, Japanese landscapes, and the <i>Water Lilies <\/i>series by Claude Monet. This classic and immersive exhibition is also clearly inspired by the staging of the Mus\u00e9e de l&#8217;Orangerie, which is also in Paris. Gestural abstraction \u00e0 la Jackson Pollock, the master of American Expressionist painting, is caught up in a simultaneously spontaneous and repetitive dynamic, used by Damien Hirst to create these canvases which are \u201cbombarded with paint from start to finish\u201d (sic). The <i>total look<\/i> aspect of this group of works with identical subjects was also intended by the artist, who has always enjoyed combining irony with virtuosity. The only truly original piece in this exhibition is a quadriptych, formed of four paintings. This picture piece from the \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d collection, which can be seen as a gigantic Rorschach test, reflects the vital need for optimism and enthusiasm today. The real value of each of these works, which are much more unusual than they seem, actually lies in their abundant detail and the recurrent joy (and not without second degree) that they bring to visitors \u2013 be they amateurs or the most demanding of art collectors.<\/p>\n<p>Damien Hirst has ensured artistic continuity. This is clear in throughout his portfolio, from his cult <i>Spot Paintings<\/i> \u2013 colour point paintings on a white background, the first of which dates back to 1986, to his joyful saturated gouache pieces from the <i>Visual Candy<\/i> series from 1993 (an idea that he later revisited with his <i>Veil Paintings<\/i> and his Post-Impressionist compositions), and his latest sculptures of artefacts encrusted with coral, algae and other treasures from the sea.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art welcomes \u201cCherry Blossoms\u201d. Damien Hirst\u2019s d\u00e9but solo museum exhibition in Paris is a jaw-dropping yet strange experience. It gives the public an exceptional preview of a new series that the former \u2018bad boy\u2019 of contemporary art completed during the Covid-19 pandemic. 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