The Metaphysics of Damien Hirst

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The Metaphysics of Damien Hirst, London Philosophy Club, London, 21 November 2013

In this lecture, I argue that Damien Hirst’s work is best understood as an awkward dichotomy of the surface sheen of manufactured decoration and the contrasting existential horror of death. This dichotomy reveals itself as a Kantian conceit with Schopenhaurean overtones.