Damien Hirst's Butterfly Art.

1. Jack Hynes
   March 3rd, 2007 at 3:41 pm

   His restaurant 'Number 11' has a piece just life this covering it's walls, and it's amazing, great symmetry. It's located in Ilfracombe, South West England.

2. Saundra in MO
   March 4th, 2007 at 11:36 am

   I kind of find this disturbing. Where did he get so many butterfly wings? That's what I want to know.

3. artschild
   March 4th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

   the links don't say anything about the media, except that they're paintings, so actually, they would seem to be made up of "images of butterfly wings" not actually butterfly wings. That was my concern, too.

4. artschild
   March 4th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

   oh, nevermind... guess I was wrong. Damn. Pretty but... yeah. Disturbing.

5. h in dubai
   March 5th, 2007 at 2:50 am

   The gallery lists the media as 'butterfly and household glass' so I guess he was out there with a big net for a while...

6. Chris
   March 5th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

   Check out the comments on supertouch. There is a lot of debate about whether or not he stole his ideas from another artist.

   http://supertouchblog.com/?p=2431

7. Saundra in MO
   March 6th, 2007 at 7:30 pm

   Thanks for the SuperTouchBlog link. Maybe someone there can answer the question of where he gets all those butterfly wings.

8. Claudette
   November 8th, 2008 at 12:42 am

   I actually saw a couple of these in Los Angeles at LA County Museum of Art. They are absolutely real butterfly wings. They are breathtaking. I have no idea how he got so many butterflies either.

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