Friday, August 31, 2007

Fishy


You can’t keep a good idea down. When Damien Hirst convinced Charles Saatchi to let him tank a shark in 1991 and call it The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, he might have figured it would capture other imaginations. Here’s two. Saddam Hussein Shark was made by Czech artist David Cerny and the kit set version Section 23 is by Clinton Phillips an artist who shows at Auckland’s City Art Rooms. And let’s not forget the Little Artists who we introduced to you in our Lego phase.
Images from the top: Damien Hirst The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. David Cerny Saddam Hussein Shark. Clinton Phillips Section 23