Ok well this time its a pre-exhibition jitters type post, I've booked the ticket with my Tate Membership for 1300 tomorrow at Tate Modern, and I am genuinely excited. I'm 22 years old and have only seen a relatively small amount of works of good old Damien. I saw the Lets Eat Outdoors Today at last years RA show and was a big fan, and a few prints etc. at various art fairs; however, I have never fully experienced some of the major works in the flesh. Far too many people knock him and his works to quickly in my view especially when i think of some of the people who have in a similar situation to me, i.e. young and not really seen many of the works face to face.
I consider Benjamin's idea of the aura when i look at many of Hirst's pieces today as i think of how many times i have seen for example For the Love of God in various magazines and on the internet. The autonomy of the work grows and the situational experience of the work is lost, having never seen this piece behind a glass box in gallery I cannot truly imagine how I might interpret the work.
So all I can really say at this point is that i am really looking forward to seeing some of the most controversial works of all time, especially if we reconfigure some of the works under the current financial climate, in gallery for the first time, rather than sat here in this chair staring at a screen...wish me luck...
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