Yet, at other times, he is led about like a toddler, spoon - fed, regularly whimpering in fear of an ever -
present decapitated head, that of a Chechen terrorist, who he sees «grinning yellow teeth, the tongue emerging from the mouth... swollen and black, like a gigantic slug.»
The current exhibition title, and the
decapitated head of basically the same artistic work, certainly has Hirst again
presenting self - referential messages in light of his work's current cultural and economic context.