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I did my final essay of my BTEC on Fertility & today i stumble on a news tid-bit about a statue of his being erected in Ilfracombe, Devon (UK), i google it & find this isn't his first encounter with exploring the idea of fertility in art.
I made myself vaguely familiar with his work in the first year of my BTEC, so I'm aware this isn't his first piece depicting human biology or Fertility in particular.
- Mother & Child Divided (1993)
- Sensation (2003) - Extreme close up of a
- Wretched War (2004)
- The Virgin Mother (2005)
- Virgin (Exposed) (2005)
- Birth Cyrus (2006)
- We're Born, We Look Around, We Die (2006)
- Infertility [Male] (2007)
- Feminizing Testicle (2007)
- Malignant Testicle Tumour (2007)
- Verity (2012)
The Virgin Mother (2005) Virgin (Exposed) 2005 Wretched War (2004)
Facts about Verity
- At 20.25m from plinth to sword-tip, Verity is slightly taller than the Angel Of The North
- She weighs more than 25 tonnes
- Verity is described a modern-day allegory for truth and justice
- The figure's stance is taken from Edgar Degas' Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (c. 1881) referenced by Hirst in his earlier bronze Virgin Mother (2005)
- She holds the traditional symbols denoting Justice - a sword and scales - though the scales are hidden behind her back
- Hirst's website notes: "Without the perfect equilibrium enacted by the scales, the sword becomes a dangerous instrument of power, rather than justice"
- Verity was made in more than 40 individual castings at Pangolin Editions foundry in Gloucestershire
- The entire piece has been tested to ensure it can withstand high winds and sea spray
the above 3 images are from a local paper close to Verity
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