Shipwreck Of The Unbelievable
The title of the exhibition is treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable purporting to present ancient treasures from a sunken greek ship with findings that range from the ancient egyptian alike items to disney characters reproductions incrustated of shells and corals a paraphrased excerption from the artist s biography on wikipedia.
Shipwreck of the unbelievable. According to the new york times treasures cost the artist. The fake story of the art found beneath the depths of the ocean from a 2 000 year old ship wreck. The whole exhibition rests on a single premise. With damien hirst piotr baumann andrew whipp.
Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable. But it s a lie so cleverly told that it becomes a weird form of truth. It is the first major solo exhibition dedicated to damien hirst in italy since the 2004 retrospective at the museo archeologico nazionale in naples the agony and ecstasy and is curated by elena geuna curator of the monographic shows dedicated to rudolf. Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable damien hirst s decade in the making venetian extravaganza is as unbelievable as his title implies.
While my love for this film was quickly swept away with the tides of knowledge i cannot help but tip my hat to the mesmerizing cinematography and filming treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable had to showcase. There was significant cinematic craftsmanship that went into the making. It sank about 2 000 years ago. After a 10 year hiatus from making art hirst has made his best bid in the form of an underwater art show depicting the remains of a fictional shipwreck.
The wreck is attributed to an equally fictional collector a freed slave named cif amotan ii who having amassed a fortune supposedly loaded a ship the unbelievable with his treasured. Damien hirst and the crew recount the moments various discoveries are made the myths and legends surrounding the find. The exhibition that launched a thousand angry tweets lives on on netflix. Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable is essentially built on a lie.
The show is called treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable and in typical hirst fashion it s not cheap. Directed by sam hobkinson. In 2008 a shipwreck was discovered off the coast of east africa. Earlier this week the streaming service released a mockumentary treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable.