"Where the Land Meets the Sea is an exploration inspired by the seaside in grey British winters; I grew up in Leeds in West Yorkshire and often holidayed in Scarborough, Filey, Whitby, where Count Dracula landed, Robin Hood’s Bay, and Skegness. I have always spent a lot of time walking and thinking on the beach and watching the sea, witnessing the powerful action of the crashing waves in winter. It gives me a feeling of unimportance and vastness and inevitability, that this whole world and everything in it will eventually wear out to nothing.” - Damien Hirst

HENI presents Where the Land Meets the Sea — a selection of works from Damien Hirst’s latest paintings series — at Phillips’ 30 Berkeley Square London galleries this summer. Shown in public exhibition for the first time, the Coast Paintings, Sea Paintings, and Seascapes series will be on view from 20 July through 18 August.

The series was inspired by Hirst’s lifelong connection to the sea. Drawing influence from Abstract Expressionism, namely Robert Motherwell’s Beside the Sea series from the 1960s, the works in Where the Land Meets the Sea wonderfully evoke Hirst’s pastime of walking on the beach and watching the sea, most recently in the UK during the winter.

The works will be available to purchase via heni.com.

Contact:

Katherine Nisbet
K.Nisbet@heni.com

Cristina Tafuri
CTafuri@phillips.com

Viewing
20 July - 18 August 2023
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: 12pm - 6pm