Damien Hirst Relics documentary

Damien Hirst Relics documentary - English

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10 жыл бұрын

This 26 minute documentary -- made by Oxford Film and Television and narrated by David Thewlis -- tells the story of Damien Hirst's first solo exhibition in the Middle East ('Relics', QMA, Doha: 10 October 2013 -- 22 January 2014). The film charts the monumental preparations the exhibition required, and investigates a selection of the artist's key works including 'Leviathan': Hirst's largest ever shark sculpture, unveiled for the first time in Doha. Containing compelling footage of some of the most iconic artworks of our time, it also includes exclusive interviews with Damien himself, as well as key figures from the contemporary art world and those involved in the staging of Hirst's largest ever retrospective.
The exhibition forms part of a series of cultural initiatives organised by QMA in order to foster discussions and cultural exchange between the UK and Qatar. It forms part of Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture which celebrates and showcases the deep-rooted bilateral relations between Qatar and the UK.
Film © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. / Qatar Museums Authority, All Rights Reserved

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@jaradbryant1338 9 жыл бұрын

He says "If every body loves it, as an artist I'd be thinking maybe I've done something wrong"... then later he says "I hope everyone loves it".

@Adyot.R 8 жыл бұрын

+Jarad Bryant Its almost like he's a person too

@jaradbryant1338 8 жыл бұрын

Aydee R yes a very financially rich one :)

@cstrongman Жыл бұрын

@@Adyot.R haha that's the perfect response

@notgadot 10 ай бұрын

@@jaradbryant1338 very british type

@vincenttiggelman4978 7 жыл бұрын

The only original work he ever made was 'A Thousand Years'. Damien's true talent is selling himself. And he is very good at that.

@koentenvoorde4929 Жыл бұрын

Damien is a greedy bstrd, like apl of them, imcl bsnksy

@missk8264 5 жыл бұрын

” Art doesn't have to be complicated...” Yes indeed!

@toloupe 9 жыл бұрын

Its quite nice to watch how excited the people are

@johnjohnson3709 5 жыл бұрын

I now understand Damien Hirst, I might not like some of his art but I do understand it.

@Gcontroller 9 жыл бұрын

The most revealing quote by Damien Hirst: "I wanted to create a feeling that you were in the wrong gallery or not in a gallery." This window into the Hirst's ethos elucidates a consistent theme in all of his works - "Art" that does not feel like art. Duchamp started this trend of conceptual repurposing of found objects with his Ready Mades series in which he successfully flustered the art world and public with the permanent detachment of the recognition of art linked exclusively to drawing, painting and sculpture. Hirst has gone a step further now by provoking confusion in the viewer to wonder if they are even in a gallery at all - turning the gallery or museum walls into a pharmacy or natural history museum. A sense of wonder that feels less like 'wow' and more like 'what the hell?' A feeling akin to of being duped by a conniving prankster. On the side of the coin, it could conjure a sense of elation that all life can be framed into art and freedom heard in the crashing down of gallery walls. Hirst's art is loud and obnoxious in an already cacophonous world. His work makes me feel patronized and generally bums me out - even from this distance - and I will pay to go see his work when I have the chance.

@royalzak2670 9 жыл бұрын

Greg Caneer I get the feeling Hirst is well aware his art is completely boring and cheap on the surface. Hirst leaves it to the fans to give his work intellectual purpose because without it you're faced with the reality of Hirst work i.e a plastic skull with plastic diamond stuck to it.

@royalzak2670 9 жыл бұрын

Jay.C.Fotografie Hirst is a really good bullshit artist. Only people with no talent respect him.

@Johnconno 9 жыл бұрын

+Greg “gcontroller” Caneer He talks bollocks better than you, swears more, and believe me is less affected. So, straight from the horses mouth, eh?

@SyaminiKaushik 9 жыл бұрын

ok, i am a nobody in this world but i just wanted to think this thought out loud and see how people react to it... i agree how his exhibition promotes the idea that art can be made using anything, andi do marvel at how impactful his work has been in opening many eyes and forcing people to witness rather than see: his art and his perspective of life. that is in many ways what art is supposed to do. art is self expressions that leads to a better world... art is where you make use of the resources given to you and create with them something that makes the world a better place. i absolutely love the polka dots work... the floating balls displays and the animal restorations, and the way he's posed them and suspended them ever so perfectly in fluid is ever so breathtaking, and marvelous example of the timelessness of art. i would love to be a part of restorations like that! however, i found the severed animal head exhibit extremely disgusting and outrageous. i ask only that people take a moment and acknowledge the resources available to them before they exploit it in this way. if you think about it, (excluding a few examples) art is something that benefits only humans and has little to no use to other species on earth. in fact, nature in itself is art simply because it exists. many of the things that Damien Hirst is showing here is not artwork but a concept... a statement... a thought... an idea. i feel he is an activist and not an artist... if these inhumane things like the severed animal head, where articles placed here as a part of his artwork stand as little more than examples of how they have been exploited and deprived of their original purpose and meaning in this world... andif they can be plundered and displayed as art merely for the amusement of humans, then one can also call vandalism and murder as art! i just wish to remind people that according to me, art is something where you use what is available to you, to create something better... and not merely exploit them for a lesser cause... art is where you give meaning for something as unremarkable as a stone or a blank sheet of paper... not something where you claim to be showing someone your philosophy by offending them. i wish to remind you that so many people are offended only because they find that the articles used in this exhibition are deprived of their original meaning and displayed nakedly in this exhibition in the name of a kind or art that so many cannot perceive. once again, i feel the need to clarify that i am able to understand his ideas and the need to bring them to life in the manner he did, but i am unable to understand why he couldn't think of a better mode to express himself. i feel like this wasteful practice of stupefying audiences should neither be praised, nor be encouraged... surely, he can come up with a more resourceful way delivering his ideas. if you consider art something that does nothing but spark up debates and controversies, i would suggest that we not forget other better and more important uses of art... this is just my humble opinion. i would love to hear thoughts on this from the rest of the world... :)

@d_pikachu9388 8 жыл бұрын

+Syamini Kaushik flies flying on dead meat is not art,did he specifically killed those animal for his project and why did he do that??

@webstergilessmith6947 6 жыл бұрын

More than likely the animal was already dead. I HATE the other animals floating in formaldehyde. He irritates me. I HATE his so-called art, and I find him repugnant in SO MANY WAYS!

@somewhitekid1780 4 жыл бұрын

@@webstergilessmith6947 thats your opinion brodie and i hope you are not as close minded now as you were a year ago

@CoreyisBarackObama 3 жыл бұрын

id actually enjoy his sculptures is 1 - he actually made them himself - and 2 - he didn't rip them off other artists (such as John LeKay)

@scorpioninpink 2 жыл бұрын

An idea or a concept is an art too. Ever heard of Conceptual Art?

@GideonCyn 2 жыл бұрын

His piece: For the Love of the God, perfectly sums up why he is so popular amongst the rich. It is ironic. It is genius.

@j.r.bobdobbsjr.9315 10 жыл бұрын

This guy has never had an original thought enter his drab skull. Artists Thomas Downing, John LeKay, Joseph Cornell, and Debby Davis are the originators of his "work". Just to name a few! There is an artist who has already created every thing he has sold.

@ChaChinnngK 9 жыл бұрын

And what do you think was taught in art history in artschool in London ? Atleast 3 of those names are intrinsically connected to it

@jayatfreelance 9 жыл бұрын

J.R. Bob Dobbs Jr. You are another NOBODY trying to tear down someone else's success and failing . . . UTTERLY.

@j.r.bobdobbsjr.9315 9 жыл бұрын

you are a nobody failing to tear down another nobody... UTTER UTTER.

@j.r.bobdobbsjr.9315 9 жыл бұрын

ChaChinnngK I dont think about art History in London. I think about art.

@ChaChinnngK 9 жыл бұрын

Oh fuck off, for fuckssake.

@alexsowa1064 4 жыл бұрын

16:28 - "just steal it and put it in an art gallery", Hirst all over

@fruitypebbles803 3 жыл бұрын

Now I understand why so many people hate him and his work.

@JorgeTorresDG 8 жыл бұрын

INCREDIBLE MUSIC!

@AlexGargilisChannel 9 жыл бұрын

the work is a lot of fun

@user-do3lv4kr1l 10 жыл бұрын

Top !! Thank you.

@pedromarques3539 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely has someone since the beginning of his career supporting and advertising his work. Money makes more money but who is behind supporting Damien hirst ?

@NoGoodHandlesComingToMind 3 жыл бұрын

Incase you get to the part about the flies and want to skip it, here: 14:06

@chenugent 6 жыл бұрын

19:16 "art should be beautiful it totally annoys me when its ugly" he says in the same documentary they showed a severed decaying cows head

@dr.doppeldecker3832 3 жыл бұрын

But isn't the circle of life a beautiful thing?

@pidza_hub7532 Жыл бұрын

holy shit it's almost as if his ideologies have shifted over time

@reezybob251 5 жыл бұрын

My favourite artist

@syb2965 5 жыл бұрын

Fuck off.

@notdrivingaminimetro 4 жыл бұрын

He's not an artist he's a business man

@notgadot 10 ай бұрын

ANOTHER GREAT ENGLISHMAN

@RagedContinuum Ай бұрын

😂another trash out of britain foisted on naive elites

@richiogalvez9871 8 жыл бұрын

" Can art get any more lower than this? "

@spikenw10 8 жыл бұрын

the artist in your profile pic cut his ear of and painted a couple sunflowers art can be anything dont hate

@HOULWOOD 7 жыл бұрын

Van gogh painted over 900 art pieces and suffered trough both mental and physical problems, you don't get any more artist then that

@teeniebeenie8774 6 жыл бұрын

his corpse shall be embalmed and sold. gold leaf!

@2011blueman 4 жыл бұрын

It's 2019 and the answer is yes. The banana taped to a wall at Art Basel would be evidence that "art" can get much lower.

@reuben8912 3 жыл бұрын

Leggo My Ego Art is not just an image it’s all about the story and things a piece of art bring up. It’s much more controversial than you would have thought, you can’t really compare different pieces of art on what they visually offer as the money is in the meaning behind.

@meltingpoint97 3 жыл бұрын

7:40 no surprise that he doesn’t understand Hobbes

@boredchubbypanda 7 жыл бұрын

14:50 Gru likes conceptual art.

@reuben8912 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I'm dying

@HatredPrime 9 жыл бұрын

Well, at least soundtrack for this documentary was awesome.

@geni368 2 жыл бұрын

So cool.

@susanringrose851 Жыл бұрын

Like Damian Hurst or not , well I like his art you have you admit it he draws people to him through his art, it’s always shocking or exciting can’t not admire the man.😊

@reymontcantil199 8 жыл бұрын

inspiring and illuminating.

@disk0__ 5 жыл бұрын

Big Oil and Big Art! Together at last!

@welshriver 9 жыл бұрын

Im not a fan of Hirst and his work, but if it created that moment at 4:11 than maybe I can have some more faith in the things he produces.

@JP-dh1xv 8 жыл бұрын

He pays serfs to make his "work" and makes millions off of their under payed efforts.

@TeoSpiller 5 жыл бұрын

He is definitely one of the best entrepreneurs in art world and as Warhol stated, the best of all arts is the art of business

@saramyers73 8 жыл бұрын

I just don't understand how putting dead animals in a glass cabinet is art. This really is the Emperors new clothes.

@sugarcane1234 7 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean and I also find it disturbing. I mean what is so artistic about about death? Death is sad and gross.

@donglabong 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly, you DON’T understand. So open your closed mind, you’ve already made an opinion before even educating yourself...

@logos513 4 жыл бұрын

He looks like David Gray!

@ralphueltzhoeffer9274 10 жыл бұрын

Give him a new chance!

@sattarise5496 9 жыл бұрын

I respect his domination over modern day bullshit. It is rare to see in a politics free context

@davidmayhew4818 6 жыл бұрын

Talking about pasty.

@ed-od9sd 10 жыл бұрын

good but derivative of andy who said exactly about everything this documentary said in a simple immediate way by a soup cap

@jakemoo7553 10 жыл бұрын

Audacious is the right word.

@nonplayerzealot4 3 жыл бұрын

Hirst looks and sounds like Phil Collins' brother.

@CoreyisBarackObama 3 жыл бұрын

he's not groundbreaking - he copies the groundbreaking

@CoreyisBarackObama Жыл бұрын

@Yuri D wot?

@CoreyisBarackObama Жыл бұрын

@Yuri D wot?

@webmediafactors4 6 жыл бұрын

Chihuly, Dali, Warhol used the same method as Hirst, yet noone seems to think they are "charlatans" in contrast to Hirst. In Dali's day he was also criticized for commercializing his art, but in the end everyone agreed he was inspired by genius. When I review the depth of Hirst, I find some very interesting things happening. Noone says a director is any less of an artist for getting actors to perform as needed for the piece and noone criticises a director for making their art the cerebral instead of the act of performing the film in front of the camera. I know nothing, but Socrates and Damien Hirst are pretty smart.

@notdrivingaminimetro 4 жыл бұрын

it's a Tiger Shark not a Great White

@ed-od9sd 9 жыл бұрын

there should be decapitated heads of humans inside the vitrines instead of sharks and whatnot

@michaelspano4067 4 жыл бұрын

ed, the human heads are there, just hanging out under $120 million dollars worth of diamonds.

@CoxJoxSox 5 жыл бұрын

Ha a Muslim saying "We need to come face to face with thinking other than Islamic and Arab thinking" - yeah the ball is in your court

@dafyduck79 6 жыл бұрын

this is all about death

@teeniebeenie8774 6 жыл бұрын

o brother art world: whata racket

@teeniebeenie8774 6 жыл бұрын

how many gold chains can she buy...

@teeniebeenie8774 6 жыл бұрын

a canvas of polka dots for millions good god

@charlykyoryu4566 9 жыл бұрын

I am a good person + I am able to sell it for millions = It must be good ! Thank god for "Cognitive Dissonance" ! But the emperor is just as naked as he once used to be...

@Bat_Boy 2 жыл бұрын

I taped a fly to car windshield. Pay me $1,000,000. 👍

@markhoward9013 10 жыл бұрын

He creates tourist attractions not art. Showcasing dead animals is easy route to touch on the subject of death.

@MilkandDyskit 10 жыл бұрын

and let's hear what your interpretation of art is, pretty paintings no doubt?

@delusionsofgrandeur1330 3 жыл бұрын

Conceptually I see what Hirst is trying to achieve and respect it.. where I lose that respect is all the ideas he’s stolen from other artists without giving them due credit. My stomach also turns at the absolutely outrageous amounts of money people will pay for his art. I don’t blame him for that at all but good lord, can some of these rich idiots give me some dough? I give killer head LOL

@damianwildfong7278 10 жыл бұрын

is he unimportant because YOU say he is unimportant? If you say I don't like him, I dont find his work important whatever...thats fine you are entitled to your opinion but you cannot say their is no value on the basis that YOU don't think so.....there is no value to YOU....fine....but that does not mean there is no value period....modern art just is.....if you are angered by him sometimes that is what art evokes part of what makes art a necessary and beautiful part of the human experience......

@fetymann 8 жыл бұрын

Who's the hottie at 2:04 and 25:20 ??

@spikenw10 8 жыл бұрын

thats his girlfreind + his my godfather

@presidentoxford 5 жыл бұрын

Phil Collins

@benderrodriguez5934 5 жыл бұрын

#hamparte

@cazacevschi 3 жыл бұрын

A world renowned artist that can barely draw......

@polenit6390 5 жыл бұрын

If I could get Damian and other contemporary artists to donate art not to sell we could buy a old building and get people to donate to look at them we could fund a homeless hostel for ever funny world peopleinneed sw homeless charity

@joelschafer6884 7 жыл бұрын

Man he really butchered Thomas Hobbes concept of the state of nature and the overall idea of the book Leviathan there, didn't he?

@hanzkoontz 10 жыл бұрын

Dull work for a stupefied audience.

@kristashayner1106 10 жыл бұрын

And aren't you up on your high horse. What ever happened to art is subjective?

@markhoward9013 10 жыл бұрын

kris tashayner No he's right and you are wrong.

@kristashayner1106 10 жыл бұрын

mark Howard fuck you very much.

@21stCenturySpaceOdyssey 5 жыл бұрын

And btw: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bayhZ6aW17ypl4U.html

@philiptaylor9454 2 жыл бұрын

Basking sharks are passive, and present absolutely no threat to humans.............so where is the pheckin danger in that? Ludicrous?

@greglifetv 4 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@sattarise5496 9 жыл бұрын

All hail the bs

@AlexGargilisChannel 9 жыл бұрын

Emperor's New Clothes

@fluxfotos22 4 жыл бұрын

l have got a half a dozen limited edition bottled farts for sale if anybody is interested.

@bxlis Жыл бұрын

dont bring your kid to a DH show hehe

@joss_ananascocos 7 ай бұрын

They will only be like one day I will be an artist too.

@davedfw814 4 ай бұрын

its just "anything goes art" curated by rich people. Ignore it.

@eturnall5658 7 жыл бұрын

why judge or say what you think . if you dont like dont look or go make something your self

@vitalsignsful 7 жыл бұрын

E Davison o

@PosauneundPapier 5 жыл бұрын

It’s absolutely ridiculous how people are praising this psycho. The world would be better off without this kind of “art”. If you want to see dead animals go to a museum where they are respectfully preserved. If you want to see art that is controversial and evokes many strong emotions and complex concepts, there are many other forms of art to explore, case closed.

@philiptaylor9454 2 жыл бұрын

Damien Hirst is a Salesman................and NOT an artist IMHO.

@alexhatfield9950 4 жыл бұрын

He doesn't make any art, he copies and poaches from other artists then gets other people to make his pieces. There is nothing original in what he does.

@sitluxetluxfuit4481 4 жыл бұрын

Well said sir, I salute your honesty Hirst pop's up in a documentary about f bacon I've just seen and I made almost the exact comments in the exact order you did, I just thought he does not deserve to even commant on bacon.

@MESENJAH 4 жыл бұрын

You're gonna have to excuse me, but how are animals carcasses art, this is what hunters do, kill an animal and put it up as your trophy. This shark and other animals on display...this is bullshit this isn't art.

@fernandoayala2836 Ай бұрын

Cuanta basura y maltrato animal

@saralacy5133 2 жыл бұрын

10:29 compared to the husband it "very beautiful" #culture #rights

@BillWoodillustrator 4 жыл бұрын

Typical UAE resident when asked what do they think of art would reply “ how fast does it go and does it come in gold.” Clowns.

@nidaljabarin4743 3 жыл бұрын

الدوحه ليس هو الشعب الذي يفهم في الفن التشكيلي! وهم بدو راجعيون وان هذا ليس مكانا للفن 2- المراه التي تقول بان الادوات الطبيه هي من اصول عربيه هذه مجرد مجرد اساطير فلحضاره الاندلسيه والاسلاميه ماخوذه من الاغريق والهنود والاوروبيون. والذي انت تفتخرين به ان هذه الادوات الطبيه هي عربيه كله اساطير قصص تافهه. اقرائي كتاب اساطير الاندلس. وشكرا لكم