Damien Hirst Replicates Photographs And Readymades in "Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures" Exhibition

"A photograph is from a moment. Painting is about stopping to look at the world, considering it, and giving it more importance," Damien Hirst once stated. Hirst started working on his iconic Fact painting series in 2000. His mission with this project was to reproduce photographs in realistic detail through oil paintings on canvas as way to trick onlookers -- a thought-provoking endeavor that champions his studio practice of challenging societal norms and consumerism. Hirst mimicked numerous colo...