Spot colours

At LFH, we are truly passionate about colour and Damien Hirst’s latest project seems to resonate more than most.

This artist and self-promoting genius is looking to connect the dots in a big way with the opening of a global show for his body of coloured spot paintings. The Gagosian Gallery network – with 11 locations in New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens, Geneva and Hong Kong – has been turned over entirely to Hirst’s geometric patterns. The gallery is even running a competition inviting those who can prove that they have visited all eleven Gagosian Gallery locations during the exhibition to claim a signed spot print by the artist, which comes complete with a personal dedication. Perhaps thats maybe only for obsessive fans and frequent flyers amongst us? Perhaps not.

Hirst proclaims “I was always a colourist, I’ve always had a phenomenal love of colour… I mean, I just move colour around on its own. So that’s where the spot paintings came from — to create that structure to do those colours, and do nothing. I suddenly got what I wanted. It was just a way of pinning down the joy of colour.”