Treasures From The Wreck Of The Unbelievable
According to the new york times treasures cost the artist millions of dollars to produce and parisian collector françois pinault millions to present.
Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable. Tiernan morgan august 10 2017. There was significant cinematic craftsmanship that went into the making. With damien hirst piotr baumann andrew whipp. Damien hirst and curator elena geuna in.
The exhibition tells the story of the ancient wreck of a large ship the unbelievable apistos in the original koine greek and presents what was discovered of. 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. Directed by sam hobkinson. The fake story of the art found beneath the depths of the ocean from a 2 000 year old ship wreck.
Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable is supposed to be hirst s major comeback a rebuke to his diminished popularity and slumping market value. Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable damien hirst until 3 december 2017 treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable. 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. Damien hirst with treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable has filled two museums and the outdoors with hundreds of objects in marble gold and bronze crystal jade and malachite gods heroes and leviathans all supposedly lost in a legendary shipwreck two thousand years ago and now raised from the indian ocean.
Ten years in the making the project is exceptional in scale and scope. Damien hirst discusses treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable. Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable. It sank about 2 000 years ago.
In 2008 the wreck of a treasure ship called the apistos meaning the unbelievable was found on the seabed off east africa. Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable is hirst s most ambitious and complex project to date.