jericho.blogs.com > Damien Hirst : New Religion

Introduction

"New Religion", Hirst's latest project, is grounded in belief and extends this outlook in new directions. The different elements that make up "New Religion" form a chapel dedicated to desire, a desire to keep mortality at bay but which can't help confront death at the same time.

Belief in religion and medicine is grounded in this desire, confirmed here by its representation as art; where, for instance, "The Holy Trinity" is presented as a pie-chart that through logic attempts to prove the wholly unprovable.