Damien Hirst is a man not afraid of death or coming back in another life as a member of the animal kingdom, since he seems to love putting animals in some type of decimated form into his art. (Those are real butterflies stuck into the paint, and of course he's famous for putting all kinds of beasts into formaldahyde and then on display).
The new but small Denver MCA had a very small (4 works) show of a few pieces of Hirst that I saw with Pam & her girls. I think the guide/guard said it best when he said "he's a very successful artist if you judge by his prices, and the collectors must know something". He indeed is the master of marketing, is very provocative, and has become filthy rich. Still, is it really good art?
The MCA has a great upstairs area for kids, a big playspace full of FatBoy bean bags. It was more fun (and less urban hip - well, Denver hip which of course means jeans) with kids piling them up and jumping on them...
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