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Published in 2006 following Damien Hirst's first major print exhibition at the Paul Stolper Gallery in London in 2005, New Religion explores Hirst's central themes: ''I was thinking that there are four important things in life: religion, love, art and science... Of them all, science seems to be the right one now. Like religion, it provides the glimmer of hope that maybe it will be all right in the end.'' With full-color reproductions of this entire series of Hirst silkscreen prints produced for the New Religion exhibition, such as "The Apostles," "The Wound of Christ," "The Last Supper" and "The Stations of the Cross," as well as editioned sculptures and multiples such as "The Fate of Man" and the 'box/cabinet' called "New Religion," this hardback publication is a modern day biblical picture-book exploring combinations between science and religion. And the ideas about Hirst's science/religion dichotomy are further explored through an intriguing interview with Sean O'Hagan that moves effortlessly from the macro to the micro, and back again, ''I just can't help thinking that science is the new religion for many people. It's as simple and as complicated as that really.''

Key Hirst works situated in the exquisite landscape and architecture of St MoritzHeld in 2021 in St Moritz, Mental Escapology was Damien Hirst's (born 1965) first major exhibition in Switzerland. It featured over 40 works from some of his best-known series--including the Spot Paintings, Natural History and Mental Escapology--presented across multiple outdoor and indoor sites. Highlights included the 12-foot bronze sculpture The Monk (2014) positioned in the center of the frozen Lake St Moritz. Elsewhere, another piece from Hirst's Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable series, Two Figures with a Drum (2013), was installed on the southwestern edge of the lake, while his 21-foot sculpture Temple (2008) towered over the lake's north bank. Some of Hirst's most recognizable works were displayed in an 18th-century building and in the Protestant church in the town's center. Designed by the exhibition's curator, Jason Beard, this publication provides an overview of the show, presenting the works alongside a selection of quotes by Hirst.

This book catalogues a selection of work by German artist Johannes Albers that was exhibited in Berlin in November 2008. Albers' works feature in Damien Hirst's Murderme art collection, including several of the pieces illustrated in the book. Reproducing images of popular culture and everyday domesticity, Johannes Albers' work seems to simultaneously praise and poke fun at modern-day interests and values. Albers' work has encompassed a range of motifs, from bathmats to band tapes, ping-pong tables to Stanley knives. His incessant reproduction of these images reflects - and criticises - the disposability of much of today's media culture and marketing imagery.

Published to accompany an exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, January 20-March 6, 2010.

A concise selection of Photorealist gems from a celebrated veteran of the genreBased in Maine and New York, Richard Estes (born 1932) is a pioneer of Photorealist painting and its most devoted and accomplished practitioner. His work is defined by a profound commitment to the quotidian truths of his depictions. Over the last half century, the rare integrity of his creative process has unveiled a rich understanding of the world around us, even as our cities, our landscapes and our rituals change--slowly and steadily, then all at once.Richard Estes: Voyages accompanies the artist's first UK retrospective at Newport Street Gallery, London, and presents a broad selection of more than 45 paintings made over the last 30 years, from his timeless, pristine depictions of New York City to his lesser-known paintings made following trips to Europe, Asia, Africa and Antarctica.The book includes a conversation between Estes and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and features an essay by curator Patterson Sims.

Published to accompany the exhibition held at Newport Street Gallery, London, 7th October 2020-7th March 2021.

This catalogue was produced to accompany Damien Hirst's 2003 exhibition at White Cube gallery, London. The show dissected and recast the story of Jesus and his disciples through paintings and sculptural work while revealing the uncertainty at the heart of human experience. The exhibited works included The Apostles, a series of 13 clinical steel and glass cabinets filled with medical instruments, weapons, ornaments, blood, and life's detrius: a dozen canvases encrusted with flies suspended in resin, each given a fatal disease for a title: skinned cows'/bulls' heads in individual tanks punctured/lacerated/stabbed with knives and glass fragments; and huge canvases embedded with butterfly wings arranged in extraordinary grid systems. This book contains 46 colour illustrations, including many details of the exhibited works and four gatefolds. An introductory essay by Annushka Shani examines each work more closely, drawing out the themes of love, life and death explored by Hirst through this exhibition.

Paintings made from digitally distorted photographs, by Stone Roses guitarist John SquireBritish painter John Squire (born 1962) is most famous for being the lead guitarist in the Stone Roses, but he is also a prolific visual artist--his most recognisable piece being the Jackson Pollock-inspired artwork used on the Stone Roses' 1989 eponymous debut album. This book, published to accompany an exhibition of Squire's work at London's Newport Street Gallery titled Disinformation, presents a new series. These large-scale oil paintings are based on photographs taken by the artist or found online. Squire alters the images using editing software, which he overloads to prompt visual glitches. These partially distorted, fragmented scenes are then enlarged from their original small-screen format and rendered in the traditional medium of oil and canvas. The figures blend and collide with their surroundings, their features confused and sometimes entirely lost. Also included is an interview with the artist by Michael Joo.