Damien Hirst , or Today in Satire

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His spot-paintings are apparently a catalyst for mockery. Previously he was out-spotted in  Parisian graffiti, now the Village Voice posits that all that remains is the obituary


I don't think the work of Gary Andrew Clarke was meant as a parody of the Spot paintings, but I like to think of it as such.  He's reworked famous paintings by all the big names of Europe as large-colored dots, as the "Vermeer" shown here

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No one so bitter as a lover scorned, the mockery (deserved) of Damien Hirst's Spot Paintings continues.  Here are a bunch of random facts about the series:1. Hirst has made an estimated 1,400 spot paintings since 1986.2. Gagosian's The Comple... Read More

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