Boys, boys, boys what were you thinking ., 2007-09-02I bought this book cause it cost very, very little and I was interested to see if the words of Hirst were any more thought provoking, stimulating or illuminating than the "art" objects he produces. Book starts off from an idea that Hirst and his mate Burns had to produce a book like Francis Bacon's interviews with David Sylvester. Boys, boys, boys.... what were you thinking?
There you had an artist capable of pulling his innermost emotion from its lair and pinning it down on canvas being interviewed by an erudite, genuinely inquisitive critic of the arts. Here you have a guy who is a megally successful salesman producing objects that parody art being interviewed by Gordon Burns whose other books funnily enough mainly seem to be about sensationlist murders - you can pick most of them up here for about a fiver - so indepth interviewing skills from an informed critic we are not talking. Very, very different type of books - infact polar opposites.
I think Hirst's real interest seems to be in exploiting and pushing the boundries of the "art" market to sell his goods for the highest price and this book is one piece in his branding strategy. One branding strategy he seems to use for his "art" products is to try to link his name and work to that of Francis Bacon - which is where this book comes in. Personally I see no real similarities in approach, subject matter or execution and this book does serve to make the differences very visible. Hirst comes across as energyful but superficial. In light of what I see as the real purpose of the book I do think this book might be of interest to an aspiring marketing or sales person.
If it is art that interests you and you haven't bought the Bacon interviews I'd recommend them.
Reviewed By AO00J106GKN6BThere you had an artist capable of pulling his innermost emotion from its lair and pinning it down on canvas being interviewed by an erudite, genuinely inquisitive critic of the arts. Here you have a guy who is a megally successful salesman producing objects that parody art being interviewed by Gordon Burns whose other books funnily enough mainly seem to be about sensationlist murders - you can pick most of them up here for about a fiver - so indepth interviewing skills from an informed critic we are not talking. Very, very different type of books - infact polar opposites.
I think Hirst's real interest seems to be in exploiting and pushing the boundries of the "art" market to sell his goods for the highest price and this book is one piece in his branding strategy. One branding strategy he seems to use for his "art" products is to try to link his name and work to that of Francis Bacon - which is where this book comes in. Personally I see no real similarities in approach, subject matter or execution and this book does serve to make the differences very visible. Hirst comes across as energyful but superficial. In light of what I see as the real purpose of the book I do think this book might be of interest to an aspiring marketing or sales person.
If it is art that interests you and you haven't bought the Bacon interviews I'd recommend them.
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