SARAH E BECKMAN

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Not Damien Hirst

I came across the most awesome blog yesterday...it's essentially a riff on the famed contemporary artist Damien Hirst. Hirst, known for pushing limits on the age-old question "what is art" is portrayed here in the most fabulous tongue in cheek way.

All "works" are titled with a (faux?) Hirst quote. This one was particularly rich...

"The fear of becoming fat expressed in the joy of being colorful"

"49 peanut M&M's of green, orange, blue, brown, yellow and red color which are sold in a mostly yellow bag on which it also writes that "To avoid suffocation, keep bags away from babies, young children and pets." that I bought at a gas station on my way to the train station where my mother was waiting for me on a white plastic windowsill" on a photograph.

I'm intrigued and sickened by Damien Hirst, and that is why this fake Damien Hirst blog is so amusing to me. Cheers, and yes -- "you got to love art!"