Damien Hirst - The Empresses - H10-4 Suiko

Description: Damien Hirst - The Empresses - H10-4 Suiko - Signed Print The Empresses, by Damien Hirst, is a limited edition series of five glorious prints depicting carefully composed images of butterflies, published by HENI Editions. The print is hand-signed on the label attached to the back. Upon purchase, the print will be redeemed directly from Heni and delivered directly to the buyer. Limiting the amount of handling and ensuring you are the first to see it, fresh from printing and signing, and in original packaging. Heni state it can take up to three months for delivery. Delivery within the UK is listed as £450 due to the required VAT charge on redemption. The print will be marked as dispatched on eBay once I have made the redemption with Heni, I will then follow-up with updates and delivery tracking number once the product has been printed and ready for shipping with DHL. International shipping is listed as free, but subject to local taxes/import charges to be paid to DHL directly by the buyer. Feel free to message me to understand likely fees. The striking Empresses prints are constructed of beautiful images of red butterfly wings, which are intricately arranged with a filigree of red glitter to produce visually intoxicating kaleidoscope-like effects. The prints are named after five exceptionally influential female rulers: Wu Zetian, Nūr Jahān, Theodora, Suiko and Taytu Betul. Their characters and stories are enhanced by the dominant red tone of the series, which deals with themes such as life, war, power, anger, love, joy and luck. Since the beginning of his career Hirst has interacted with the butterfly, one of his best-known motifs. Inspired by a chance encounter in his studio and the intricate patterns found on Victorian tea trays, in The Empresses Hirst develops on the complex compositions he invented in his Kaleidoscope Paintings and Mandalas series. The Empresses prints are symmetrical, asymmetrical, and spiral patterns of meticulously organised butterflies that nonetheless exude hope and life – the butterflies feel as if they are taking flight. This effect is in part aided by the material, laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter, which allows the butterfly wings to be presented in such detail that they appear lifelike. The images of wings inspire awe and are framed by glitter, a fantastically tactile material previously used by Hirst in his paintings. Glitter is loved for its playfulness and joy – a sentiment echoed in the play-on-words of the series title itself, which alludes to both female rulers and the Empress Butterfly. Hirst has consistently used butterflies for their associations to freedom, religion, life and death. The Empresses illuminates and sheds light on these themes. Through this new series, these themes become intertwined with glory, female power and the development of nations, visible through the entrancing twists and turns of these five dazzling and vital visual celebrations.

Price: 2200 GBP

Location: London

End Time: 2024-10-26T22:23:22.000Z

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