MEXICO CITY, MARCH 20, 2024 —Museo Jumex will present To Live Forever(For a While), a museum-wide exhibition celebrating the work of leading Britishartist Damien Hirst. The exhibition will be the artist's first exhibition presentedby a museum in Mexico and will be the centerpiece of the museum's 10thanniversary celebration.
Damien Hirst (UK, 1965) is one of the most internationally known artists working today. To Live Forever (For a While) surveys his extraordinary practice, andthrough it the range of means with which we seek to delay and deflect theinevitability of death, be it through medical science, religion, art, or indeedwealth. A persistent interplay between the beauty and horror of life in Hirst'swork lends it a contemporary gothic tone. Locating death as part of culture,Hirst's practice provokes discussion on what art can be today and how it reflects contemporary life.
Installed throughout the entire museum, the exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of the artist's work between 1986 and 2019, featuring 57works including installations, sculptures, and paintings. It features some ofHirst's most iconic series including Medicine Cabinets, Natural History, SpinPaintings, Cherry Blossoms, and spot and butterfly paintings.
Hirst's ten-meter tall The Virgin Mother(2005), will be installed on the museum'soutdoor plaza throughout the run of the exhibition. The work is one of a seriesof large scale works derived from anatomical teaching models.Damien Hirst: To Live Forever (For a While), is organized by Museo Jumex inclose collaboration with Damien Hirst and with advisory curator Ann Gallagher.The works on view have been lent to Museo Jumex by international public collections as well as private lenders
Sharks in formaldehyde, dead flies, diamond-encrusted skulls, pills, dots, and cherry trees are some of the most iconic and memorable motifs in contemporary art (market) history. One of the most notorious figures on the art scene, Damien Hirst works across a broad range of media to examine the complexities of art, religion, science, commerce, and human life.
Museo Jumex is Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo’s main platform. It opened its doors to the public in November 2013 as an institution devoted to contemporary art, whose aim was not only to serve a broad and diverse public, but also to become a laboratory for experimentation and innovation in the arts.
