Event Item: 00178

No Love Lost, Blue Paintings by Damien Hirst

Exhibition: 14th Oct 2009 to 24th Jan 2010

Source: http://www.wallacecollection.org

The Wallace Collection is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of 25 new paintings by Damien Hirst, including two triptychs, showing in the UK for the first time.

The paintings created between 2006 and 2008, marks the artist's return to the solitary practice of painting. Since the start of his career, Hirst has challenged what it means to be an artist. 'No Love Lost' bears witness to a bold new direction in his work: a series of paintings that, in the artist's words are "deeply connected to the past."

Their exhibition at the Wallace Collection, arguably the most intimate national museum in the world, is significant. In contrast to the white walls of a contemporary gallery, Hirst has opted to present these works in a classical environment, in the context of Old Master paintings in the great European tradition. His works engage in a dramatic visual dialogue with the works of art displayed in the adjacent sumptuous rooms.