The Virtues, H9-6 Honour
2021
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About This Work
Damien Hirst’s ‘Honour’ evokes the artist’s characterisation of his ‘Cherry Blossoms’ (2018-20) painting series as “garish, messy and fragile”. The sixth work from his ‘The Virtues’ (H9, 2021) print series, ‘Honour’ is named for the sixth and highly prized virtue of Bushidō, the Samurai code of ethics. As described by Nitobe Inazō, Honour is to have a “vivid consciousness of personal dignity and worth”.
About the Artist
Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol and grew up in Leeds. In 1984 he moved to London, where he worked in construction before studying for a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths college from 1986 to 1989. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995. Since the late 1980’s, Hirst has used a varied practise of...
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