Back استحالة الموت الجسدية في عقل شخص حي Arabic Yaşayan birinin zehnində ölümün fiziki mümkünsüzlüyü Azerbaijani La impossibilitat física de la mort en la ment d'algú viu Catalan Fyzická nemožnost smrti v mysli někoho žijícího Czech The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living German La imposibilidad física de la muerte en la mente de algo vivo Spanish The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Finnish L'Impossibilité physique de la mort dans l'esprit d'un vivant French חוסר היתכנותו הגשמית של המוות במוחו של אדם חי HE Մահվան ֆիզիկական անհնարինությունը ապրողի գիտակցությունում Armenian
| The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living | |
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| Artist | Damien Hirst |
| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Tiger shark, glass, steel, 5% formaldehyde solution |
| Medium | Conceptual Installation |
| Movement | Anti-Stuckism Postmodernism |
| Subject | Life, apparent death |
| Dimensions | 213 cm × 518 cm × 213 cm (84 in × 204 in × 84 in) |
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is an artwork created in 1991 by Damien Hirst, an English artist and a leading member of the "Young British Artists" (or YBA). It consists of a preserved tiger shark submerged in formalin in a glass-panel display case.
It was originally commissioned in 1991 by Charles Saatchi, who sold it in 2004 to Steven A. Cohen for an undisclosed amount, widely reported to have been at least $8 million. However, the title of Don Thompson's book, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art, suggests a higher figure.
Owing to deterioration of the original 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark, it was replaced with a new specimen in 2006. It was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from 2007 to 2010.[1]
It is considered an iconic work of British art in the 1990s,[2] and has become a symbol of Britart worldwide.[3]
- ^ Smith, Roberta (16 October 2007). "Just When You Thought It Was Safe". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
- ^ Brooks, Richard. "Hirst's shark is sold to America", The Sunday Times, 16 January 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ Davies, Serena. "Why painting is back in the frame", The Daily Telegraph, 8 January 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2016.