Art and art history are littered with corpses, many of them inserted into some sort of narrative of redemption, lesson-learning, or historical progress. Damien Hirst’s obsession with death shows up in twenty-first century versions of Dutch memento mori pieces, whether he uses animal corpses or, more recently, a diamond-encrusted human skull. Corpses feature luridly in [...]

“I try to figure out ways for the work to be most effective. The best ways for it to make its presence felt. And I have no complaints. I’ve been very lucky. Also it’s really expensive to make work. It took me years to save enough money to make this show.”
“People don’t even think about [...]