Hardcover
2000 · New York
by Hirst, Damien and Jason Beard
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. Hardcover. VG (Lacks original glossy white slipcase, otherwise quite good.). Red boards with gilt matrix/lettering. 156 pp. with bw and color images; 4 folding plates. Catalogue from the exhibition of Sept. - Dec. 2000. Death, autopsies, suicide, mortuaries, toxicology, etc. in painting and sculpture presenting the themes among art, life and science in Hirst's installation of 13 works at the Gagosian. "The hardback catalogue accompanying the exhibition included essays by Gordon Burn and Dr George Poste, Chairman of the US Department of Defense Science Board, on Bioterrorism (Gagosian Gallery/Other Criteria, 2000). The book also contained a series of scientific essays from academic journals corresponding to particular works exhibited." (from the Gagosian Gallery).
(Inventory #: 154335)