Damien Hirst The Veil Paintings Gagosian Beverly Hills March 1 - April 14, 2018 British contemporary artist Damien Hirst is already a household name, better known for his infamous formaldehyde -
preserved animal sculptures.
Not exact matches
And it is not only the outer hard shells — even the
animal's soft tissue has been found so well
preserved that it is possible to create extremely detailed
sculptures that show what the tiny creature looked like.
In addition to his smoke drawings, Tarbell has also developed an innovative process for creating porcelain
sculptures of stuffed
animals, simultaneously cremating and
preserving them.
There's an aspect of re-use in these
sculptures though: some of the duo's taxidermic work derived from the collection of
preserved animals that Noble's late father left behind after his death in 2000.