The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst is an extraordinary piece. It was first exhibited in 1992. The most unique aspect of the piece is the title. The piece itself is actually pretty simple, a big frightening shark in a tank filled with formaldehyde. The thought provoking title is what brings the whole thing together. What was the artist trying to say? What was his intention? Why the shark? It is very similar to Marcel Duchamp idea of readymades. It opens the imaginations of the viewer to interpret the piece themselves, compared to the renaissance time period where there was a very specific idea behind every piece of art. I love this piece because it made my mind travel in all directions. I had to reread the title multiple times before I started to understand what Hirst might have been trying to say.
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