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This striking black-and-white print captures a dramatic, low-angle perspective of Damien Hirst’s "Demon with Bowl," a monumental bronze sculpture situated on the Greenwich Peninsula in London.
The photograph uses a wide-angle, almost fisheye lens to create a sense of overwhelming scale and distortion, emphasizing the raw power of the figure.
The Subject: The sculpture is depicted from behind, highlighting the muscular, "corroded" texture of the bronze, which is encrusted with barnacles and coral. This gives the figure an ancient, "risen from the depths" quality.
Urban Contrast: The organic, jagged form of the demon stands in sharp contrast to the modern, geometric lines of the Upper Riverside architecture on the left and the sleek IFS Cloud Cable Car lines cutting across the sky.
The Silhouettes: The artist has added stylized white silhouettes of people in the foreground and mid-ground. This serves two purposes: it provides a clear sense of scale against the massive sculpture and adds a layer of surreal, contemporary graphic design to the gritty photographic texture.
The print explores the intersection of the ancient and the modern. By stripping away color, the image focuses on form and texture, making the London landscape feel like a scene from a dystopian or mythological epic. The "fossilized" look of the demon suggests a forgotten history emerging into a hyper-modern urban environment.
ElementDescriptionSculptureDemon with Bowl by Damien Hirst (originally for Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable)LocationGreenwich Peninsula, LondonTechniqueHigh-contrast black and white with digital silhouette overlaysPerspectiveExtreme low-angle / Wide-angle
This striking black-and-white print captures a dramatic, low-angle perspective of Damien Hirst’s "Demon with Bowl," a monumental bronze sculpture situated on the Greenwich Peninsula in London.
The photograph uses a wide-angle, almost fisheye lens to create a sense of overwhelming scale and distortion, emphasizing the raw power of the figure.
The Subject: The sculpture is depicted from behind, highlighting the muscular, "corroded" texture of the bronze, which is encrusted with barnacles and coral. This gives the figure an ancient, "risen from the depths" quality.
Urban Contrast: The organic, jagged form of the demon stands in sharp contrast to the modern, geometric lines of the Upper Riverside architecture on the left and the sleek IFS Cloud Cable Car lines cutting across the sky.
The Silhouettes: The artist has added stylized white silhouettes of people in the foreground and mid-ground. This serves two purposes: it provides a clear sense of scale against the massive sculpture and adds a layer of surreal, contemporary graphic design to the gritty photographic texture.
The print explores the intersection of the ancient and the modern. By stripping away color, the image focuses on form and texture, making the London landscape feel like a scene from a dystopian or mythological epic. The "fossilized" look of the demon suggests a forgotten history emerging into a hyper-modern urban environment.
ElementDescriptionSculptureDemon with Bowl by Damien Hirst (originally for Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable)LocationGreenwich Peninsula, LondonTechniqueHigh-contrast black and white with digital silhouette overlaysPerspectiveExtreme low-angle / Wide-angle