'Exquisite Pain' - Damien Hirst, St. Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield
Tags: Art · Philosophy · Curiosity
A gilded C-3PO in a medieval priory? I walked into St Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield in November 2017 to see Damien Hirst's Exquisite Pain and wrote about how the burnished gold jars. I describe the flayed Saint Bartholomew, the skin like an overcoat, anatomy echoes, Edward Scissorhands and art and religion.
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