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Damien Hirst The Dream (White Unicorn) |
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Artwork
Title: The Dream, 2008
White foal, glass, steel, resin, silicone
and formaldehyde solution.
Damien Hirst
Famous
British artists - Animal
Art
About The Dream
The formaldehyde sculpture of a white unicorn
by Damien Hirst shows a real white foal, with
a unicorn-like horn coming out of its head.
With his formaldehyde shark sculptures, Hirst
forces the viewer to look at a beast that
could easily kill them, which makes some people
secretly glad that the shark is dead, but
here the viewer is forced to look at an animal
that they would be happy to leave their children
play with. The white foal has not only been
bottled for the art viewing public, but it
has also been made to look like a fictional
character.
The 2008 work by Damien Hirst was one of the
lots in the Sotheby's auction called "Beautiful
Inside My Head Forever" where the artist
sidestepped the traditional gallery system
to sell works directly through an auction
house.
Damien Hirst said "After the success
of the Pharmacy auction, I always felt I would
like to do another auction.
It’s a very democratic way to sell art
and it feels like a natural evolution for
contemporary art. Although there is
risk involved, I embrace the challenge of
selling my work in this way. I never want
to stop working with my
galleries. This is different. The world’s
changing, ultimately I need to see where this
road leads."
(His Pharmacy auction sold 168 lots through
Sotheby's, raising $20,063,528 in 2004)
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