Damien Hirst & the emerging artist

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The drawing “Damien Hirst & the Emerging Artist” belongs to the series “Room portraits”. In his works, Damien Nicolas Roux imagines sublime interiors decorated around a prestigious work. To stage the reproduced canvas, he inserts iconic furniture and lighting fixtures and collectors’ items. His freedom as a facetious artist sometimes leads him to construct a second mise en abyme. Thus he slips one of his own creations into this imaginary interior. Indeed, Damien Nicolas Roux is also a plastic artist and creates obelisks and pyramids in cardboard and brass. They fit perfectly into the decor. The work is in the work, but the artist too, since he plays to hide his signature (DNR) in his drawing, do you see it? Finally he never forgets to add a little life in the form of a human or animal presence.

Each drawing is accompanied by a colored paper mat in one of the colors recommended by the artist. A work with surprising and accomplished techniques, which mixes references to painting, architecture and decorative arts.

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“Damien Hirst & the Emerging Artist” presents a reproduction of an acrylic painting on canvas from the “Spot paintings” series that the British artist created between 1986 and 2011. The painting hangs next to a Louis XVI period secretary. It is lit by the Castiglioni Brothers’ “Taccia” lamp.

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We also like the humor and tenderness of Damien Nicolas Roux: ransacking in sight or genius to free ? This is the question that Manuel Crépon answers. He signs 12 narrative texts to accompany each drawing of the series. The booklet printed with all the texts and drawings will be attached free of charge to the delivery.

Photo credit: Damien Nicolas Roux and Galerie Maison Dauphine.

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