If you meet someone new, and decide you're attracted to them, then they suddenly have value. If you're not, then you move on. You don't suddenly hate them for daring to be a potential mate, just cuz YOU couldn't love them. BUT if you find out they're getting married, you think, "Oh, good for them." You're not angry that someone cares about them when you don't. This art is the same. Just cuz it's not your type doesn't mean it isn't important to other people. Please respect that.
I love you for this, it's such a great analogy!! I'm always trying to tell people this! it's silly to get all angry just because some people make things you don't like
I was really impressed by Noel. He didn't do any call backs to his own routines or comic bits. He really stayed focused on the work and interviewing Damien. Thank you so much for posting.
That was amazing. I feel more culturally aware for learning about Hirst, and watching Noel talk about art is one of life's greatest miracles. Thank you x
All big (i.e. commercially successful) artist have a bunch of assistants. That's how they're able to be so productive. And as much as you disapprove... it's nothing new: so did the renaissance painters, didn't they?
Who cares, do you think fashion designers sew every single piece of their collections? Or that arquitects put every single brick into the buildings they create?
Not at first, which is the point: at the start, as they said, people would walk into a gallery and go "Wtf, this isn't art." And people are still doing that, now. But you ARE impressed by their existence when you visit a museum. His work is considered valuable now, as he said, simply because people put prices on it. The work itself isn't work anything unless the beholder finds value in it. The beholders find his work valuable, so it is. If you don't, then it's not your concern.
It's his art, and it had an audience, and that audience wanted it, and they had money. But, I think the litmus test is that, if you take all that stuff away, would this artist keep making the same stuff? In Damien's case, I think he probably would. He would just be doing it in poverty. (So no diamond skulls, cigarette butts, yeah sure] That, I can respect. It's a fools errand being an artist really. The overwhelming likelihood is that you'll die poor, alone, unrecognised and forgotten by everyone. It's not like being a mechanic, a clerk, or a telco engineer. [which I have been, to eat.] So one would only continue to do it if it's what you're naturally driven to do. An irrational need to make something useless. Nobody would choose that. It's like a mental illness. Except in the cases when it turns good, like it did for him. [and even then, it can still go wrong. Basquiat et al.]
The thing is, Hirst doesn't make long proclamations - he's not at all intellectual. He lets the art world (curators, gallery owners, and wealthy collectors) do all the justifying and legitimizing - he is a lot like Warhol in that regard. They claim Hirst is a rebel ...but he is actually anything but. He understands the contemporary art world's need for instant gratification and its desire for icons and spectacle (regardless of how empty or meaningless) - he gives contemporary art nothing more than what it desires - he really doesn't challenge anything. Hirst and Koons are the heroic high priests of contemporary Western culture - with its intellectual laziness and short attention span.
Noel and art, two of my favourite things, amazing. I've seen the dots before and you wouldn't think the same person who made them, also cut a cow in half, it's sort of bizarre, but beautiful too. Thanks for uploading it by the way!
Saw a homeless person baking under the sun on a sidewalk. No matter how hard you try to hide it, it disturbs us all inside. Is that art? Stop using the fact that art can both disturb and enlighten simultaneously to defend Hirst. Hirst doesn't care about you, or how his "work" changes you for your own sake. Don't let a narcissist with an aesthetic sense fool you. Find something else to impress you, because there sure is a lot that can in this world. It just isn't easy to find with a single click.
Thanks for uploading this! I saw pics of Noel and Hirst's artwork on tumblr and was like 'where can I find this? What is is from?' I emailed a friend and they told me about it on channel 4. Thanks to youtube and YOU, I enjoyed watching this tasty morsel of Hirst and Fielding!
oh, like a ribbing, i understand now. and you're welcome, i thought this was great and since i have to way to see the actual exhibit myself, i found this really great to be able to watch and wanted to give others the chance to see it too :) xx
To all the people judging the art and saying it's "shit" - you make the assumption that you know what is "not shit" - in which case, why aren't you making "not shit" art and raking in all of the rewards? Just curious, since you seem to 'know'?
This is a wonderful video. I really enjoyed it. I'm a fan of Noel Fielding's artwork, but I have never heard of Damien Hirst. I really enjoyed this. Death Life Immorality, do you believe in god? It's great. I wasn't shocked to hear Noel didn't believe in god. I read that he doesn't believe in organized religion. I agree on both levels, and I loved the artwork shown here. I would have loved to see it in person.
If any of his work was put in a natural history museum, people would walk by and say "ooh, sharks and cows sure are interesting." But he puts it in a snooty modern art gallery and everyone says "oh what a profound conceptual genius he is! Lets appraise this for millions of dollars!"
Is his art up for interpreting? Because I’d like to put in my two cents here. Pieces like For the Love of God and A Thousand Years, I think Hirst tried to show the concept or cycle of life and death. To let the society know that death is always near us. Projects with those numerous pills are the same, saying “No matter how much you try to avoid death, it’ll always arrive”.
the thing about art is that anything made from a genuine artistic approach is art. If he actually is passionate about his ideas, then it's art. though i can't quite tell if that's the case or if he's just getting one over on the rich
Este tio deberia decorar alguna discoteca! Es un espabilao con ideas,como una peluquera lista,no? Se parece a Philp Collins.Tiene esa misma cara y ese mismo arranque.
I hate when people say "this isn't art" ... Like... You don't have to like it. I can understand why you wouldn't. But to say it isn't art is just mental. I mean no one gets to define what is and isn't art. That's not how art works. I love most of Damien Hirst that I've seen. I think he's incredible. I love the colours he uses - it's very beautiful. And I really love the Mother and Child (divided). It's disturbing but it's beautiful. It's okay to not find it beautiful or in any way intriguing, but it's not okay to say it's not art. Also Noel! Gosh. Noel Fielding. I won't lie, I found this because of Noel, not because of Damien.
+Prem Chand see I think a lot of it is beautiful. But that's a matter of perspective. We're allowed to disagree on what is beautiful, but no one gets to say something isn't art just because they don't like it.
People say this isn't art because it doesn't compare with the Renaissance masters like Leonardo or Michelangelo. If Damine Hirst is the best artist our generation can produce, then there is something seriously wrong with our generation.
Jochem Meijnen If you have 6-6-2x3=6 And add 2+6 you get 8, if you subtract 6 from 6 you get 0, if you subtract 2 from 2 you get 0, if you add 5 to 3 you get 8, and if you subtract 1 you get 5... This turns into 8-0-0x8=5 80085=BOOBS!!!!! Coincidence?!
What a quandary British "art" got itself into; In that there was allegedly none before, then all of a sudden because Sarah Kent said it was so - it was so. Damien hirst is a nice person (and actually a very funny guy) but even he would agree (before every knob bigged him up) that he was the luckiest Yorkshire-lad half-wit on the planet
Nope. Salvador Dali would be. Dali painted from his fears and his nightmares. Dali has so much more to give when it comes to the dream like surrealism that David always creates.
the problem is that the challenge that used to be before pop art came long is no longer a challenge......i don't see him an artist with an idea.....but who cares if you are as fabulous as hirst...its better than everything else
A drunk wanking on the street is art. Everything is art if you look at it with an artistic view point. I believe this is the point of his work. Many people view art in a very small category with all sorts of restrictions but art has no barriers. A butterfly is an insect but wouldn't you also consider it art? I can understand people being upset with his work because of the fact that much of it used to be living, but if I died and then was later used as art I would be quite flattered.
I'm shocked by the amount of people bitching about Damien and his work. Unless you yourself are a Picasso or a Warhol, then you have absolutely no right to get on your high horse and dictate what is art. The art I just saw shocked the hell out of me. Personally, I get more of an impact from physical three dimensional art than I do from paintings, and I find him more emotional and though provoking than most artist. His art is for those who think freely, not those who are taught how to think.
Kinda unrelated, but kinda not at the same time-The fact that art critics (and the concept of critiquing art in general) exist is ridiculous enough idea on it's own. Whether art is "art" is completely subjective. Whether art is good, great, or shit is completely subjective. There is no right or wrong in art. Critiquing it for the masses and telling others whether they should like it or not completely defeats the purpose of it's existence. Art is an intensely personal medium-that's the point of it. By telling someone that they've done something wrong with it, that their art is shit-you're essentially commenting on that person's inherent character which feels a bit wrong to me. Not understanding the point in something or not agreeing with the point or the visual(or whatever the case may be) of something doesn't necessarily make it bad or wrong, it's literally just a question of personal taste. Art is quite literally: "Someone else's trash is someone else's treasure". For me, personally, I'm not particularly moved by his work but I also haven't seen it in person which I find has an enormous impact on how you perceive art. Just seeing pictures or footage of art makes it a bit flat and lifeless and takes the "reality" out of it. Seeing it live is a totally different scenario.
Because normal people are there to buy food to eat not look at the chicken wings and speculate what they are to feel or the deeper meaning in why they are packaged in one direction. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I see what Hirst is doing and understand why Noel is into it. Noel is the kind of person to go to the supermarket and not give a shit about it cause he's in the cookie aisle listening to the rolling stones and loading up the cart with sweets and having one on the way to checkout.
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The stain glass windows created from butterflies are amazingly beautiful.
If you meet someone new, and decide you're attracted to them, then they suddenly have value. If you're not, then you move on. You don't suddenly hate them for daring to be a potential mate, just cuz YOU couldn't love them. BUT if you find out they're getting married, you think, "Oh, good for them." You're not angry that someone cares about them when you don't. This art is the same. Just cuz it's not your type doesn't mean it isn't important to other people. Please respect that.
I love you for this, it's such a great analogy!! I'm always trying to tell people this! it's silly to get all angry just because some people make things you don't like
Enjoy your bananas taped to a wall mistaken for "art"
Say what you will about his product. I could listen to his mind and streaming of consciousness for hours on end.
What Damien Hirst has figured out above all else is that it is easy to fool people who are afraid of being wrong.
Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!
wow!! this is amazing i love Hirst and Noel together
I was really impressed by Noel. He didn't do any call backs to his own routines or comic bits. He really stayed focused on the work and interviewing Damien. Thank you so much for posting.
That was amazing. I feel more culturally aware for learning about Hirst, and watching Noel talk about art is one of life's greatest miracles. Thank you x
"Is there anything other than the bloody spots?!" ~ Brian Sewell, Art Critic
thank-you for uploading, brilliant!
Awesome documentary! Great interview Noel Fielding!
Damien's new exhibition (Relics). I can't believe it's in Qatar. I went there with my school and can I just say,I was shocked yet impressed.
I absolutely adore this
simply amazing
He couldn't even tell if he painted his own dot paintings.
All big (i.e. commercially successful) artist have a bunch of assistants. That's how they're able to be so productive. And as much as you disapprove... it's nothing new: so did the renaissance painters, didn't they?
What important is the concept and idea is from him.
@@grytlappar no
Maybe because he just makes shitty paintings that anyone could do
Who cares, do you think fashion designers sew every single piece of their collections? Or that arquitects put every single brick into the buildings they create?
Absolutely one of the best videos on here. He is talented, and cool. Ilove the bloke's personality and views on art.
Thanks for this!
I don't get 1000 Years but it's hard to forget that image. Unforgettable.
Not at first, which is the point: at the start, as they said, people would walk into a gallery and go "Wtf, this isn't art." And people are still doing that, now. But you ARE impressed by their existence when you visit a museum. His work is considered valuable now, as he said, simply because people put prices on it. The work itself isn't work anything unless the beholder finds value in it. The beholders find his work valuable, so it is. If you don't, then it's not your concern.
It's his art, and it had an audience, and that audience wanted it, and they had money. But, I think the litmus test is that, if you take all that stuff away, would this artist keep making the same stuff? In Damien's case, I think he probably would. He would just be doing it in poverty. (So no diamond skulls, cigarette butts, yeah sure] That, I can respect.
It's a fools errand being an artist really. The overwhelming likelihood is that you'll die poor, alone, unrecognised and forgotten by everyone. It's not like being a mechanic, a clerk, or a telco engineer. [which I have been, to eat.] So one would only continue to do it if it's what you're naturally driven to do. An irrational need to make something useless. Nobody would choose that. It's like a mental illness. Except in the cases when it turns good, like it did for him. [and even then, it can still go wrong. Basquiat et al.]
I LOVED this
Wonderful!
is good to see that someone gets it, this is merely a sadistic game by the elite.
"If it needs a long explanation to proclaim its art, it's probably bullshit." Quote from, "Modern Art a portrait of Mediocrity."
Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!
The thing is, Hirst doesn't make long proclamations - he's not at all intellectual. He lets the art world (curators, gallery owners, and wealthy collectors) do all the justifying and legitimizing - he is a lot like Warhol in that regard. They claim Hirst is a rebel ...but he is actually anything but. He understands the contemporary art world's need for instant gratification and its desire for icons and spectacle (regardless of how empty or meaningless) - he gives contemporary art nothing more than what it desires - he really doesn't challenge anything. Hirst and Koons are the heroic high priests of contemporary Western culture - with its intellectual laziness and short attention span.
Noel and art, two of my favourite things, amazing.
I've seen the dots before and you wouldn't think the same person who made them, also cut a cow in half, it's sort of bizarre, but beautiful too.
Thanks for uploading it by the way!
That is really quite a brilliant way to put it.
I love the fact that people like you are out there to react to these things. It's part of the installation really.
I found "A Thousand Years" disturbing but loved "In And Out of Love" Art should disturb and stir something in you.
As should laxatives
Saw a homeless person baking under the sun on a sidewalk. No matter how hard you try to hide it, it disturbs us all inside. Is that art?
Stop using the fact that art can both disturb and enlighten simultaneously to defend Hirst. Hirst doesn't care about you, or how his "work" changes you for your own sake. Don't let a narcissist with an aesthetic sense fool you. Find something else to impress you, because there sure is a lot that can in this world. It just isn't easy to find with a single click.
Fascinating!
AWFULL in absolute.the end of money is acceptable.but of the fish it is a catastrophy.
I love his art.
One of the greatest British visual artist at all times
Thanks for uploading this! I saw pics of Noel and Hirst's artwork on tumblr and was like 'where can I find this? What is is from?' I emailed a friend and they told me about it on channel 4. Thanks to youtube and YOU, I enjoyed watching this tasty morsel of Hirst and Fielding!
oh, like a ribbing, i understand now. and you're welcome, i thought this was great and since i have to way to see the actual exhibit myself, i found this really great to be able to watch and wanted to give others the chance to see it too :) xx
The whole stick is 'Spinal Tap'.
To all the people judging the art and saying it's "shit" - you make the assumption that you know what is "not shit" - in which case, why aren't you making "not shit" art and raking in all of the rewards? Just curious, since you seem to 'know'?
The art critic takes the words out of my mouth with the 'how many spot paintings do you need' comment.
I love Noel!!!
He got hate mail... Mission complete for an artist like this! Very VERY close to Dada but without the parody of art... I like it!
I came here looking for Noel Fielding; I leave looking for cheap flights to London. I *need* to see this exhibition like I need air.
wow, omg!
favorite piece is the shark and the title is a cool metaphor for the piece
very welcome
Artist don't make harsh comments about other Artist work; They except them and move on......... . . . . .
legend
His assistants are the actual artists. He doesn't really do anything but give direction. He's famous because celebrities made him that way.
youre welcome youre welcome youre welcome!
This is a wonderful video. I really enjoyed it. I'm a fan of Noel Fielding's artwork, but I have never heard of Damien Hirst. I really enjoyed this. Death Life Immorality, do you believe in god? It's great. I wasn't shocked to hear Noel didn't believe in god. I read that he doesn't believe in organized religion. I agree on both levels, and I loved the artwork shown here. I would have loved to see it in person.
NOEL!!!
I went into this doc hating Damien Hirst, and left liking him
It is an interesting art
For veterinary anatomists, he's brilliant.
ahhh hahahahahahahahahahaha...The guitarist from POISON telling me commercialism is art...ahahaahaa
more like damien hearse
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luv the guys art
I think Hirst has never visited a museum of natural history
So we watched this in architecture class. I squeaked.
Damian Hirst, adding the 'F' to art.
Looks like Phil Collins little brother
If any of his work was put in a natural history museum, people would walk by and say "ooh, sharks and cows sure are interesting."
But he puts it in a snooty modern art gallery and everyone says "oh what a profound conceptual genius he is! Lets appraise this for millions of dollars!"
Is his art up for interpreting? Because I’d like to put in my two cents here.
Pieces like For the Love of God and A Thousand Years, I think Hirst tried to show the concept or cycle of life and death. To let the society know that death is always near us. Projects with those numerous pills are the same, saying “No matter how much you try to avoid death, it’ll always arrive”.
the thing about art is that anything made from a genuine artistic approach is art. If he actually is passionate about his ideas, then it's art. though i can't quite tell if that's the case or if he's just getting one over on the rich
that's exactly my view on art too!
haha glad you enjoy it
totally appropriate yea
Este tio deberia decorar alguna discoteca! Es un espabilao con ideas,como una peluquera lista,no? Se parece a Philp Collins.Tiene esa misma cara y ese mismo arranque.
Push Limits. Create New Ways to see. Awesome.
are u kidding me .....this is bullshit....
gonzalo dominguez yeah really. I hate this crap
soy curioso tambien :)
I hate when people say "this isn't art" ... Like... You don't have to like it. I can understand why you wouldn't. But to say it isn't art is just mental. I mean no one gets to define what is and isn't art. That's not how art works.
I love most of Damien Hirst that I've seen. I think he's incredible. I love the colours he uses - it's very beautiful. And I really love the Mother and Child (divided). It's disturbing but it's beautiful.
It's okay to not find it beautiful or in any way intriguing, but it's not okay to say it's not art.
Also Noel! Gosh. Noel Fielding. I won't lie, I found this because of Noel, not because of Damien.
+Cherie Morgan C'mon, his art is not "beautiful". It is simply bold and shocking and that alone qualifies for good art these days.
+Prem Chand see I think a lot of it is beautiful. But that's a matter of perspective. We're allowed to disagree on what is beautiful, but no one gets to say something isn't art just because they don't like it.
People say this isn't art because it doesn't compare with the Renaissance masters like Leonardo or Michelangelo. If Damine Hirst is the best artist our generation can produce, then there is something seriously wrong with our generation.
How can killing something and displaying it be a art its just the good marketing gimmick that it
art is individual action desplayed on a certain platform//
The 'artist' himself looks and sounds like an "east enders" character. Classy!
godfuel art
He may have put some on paper, only some, but he has never had his hands dirty. The real artist are the actual artist that do the art for him.
I dreamt that I met Damien!
I think it represents how valuable life is for people, not for him.
it takes 6 technicians 6 day to put all 23 tons of this together
6-6-2x3=6
666 coincidence? lol
He IS the DEVIL !!!!
Jochem Meijnen If you have 6-6-2x3=6
And add 2+6 you get 8, if you subtract 6 from 6 you get 0, if you subtract 2 from 2 you get 0, if you add 5 to 3 you get 8, and if you subtract 1 you get 5...
This turns into 8-0-0x8=5
80085=BOOBS!!!!! Coincidence?!
Most famous, biggest, boldest, baddest piece of shit evah.
I like sharks better than art.
Damien Hirst stole all his famous work from John LeKay and other artists. Spread the word!
Whew! Those white boots looked painful to walk on.
Lololol
actually that WAS the entire point!
That shark is so cool
What a quandary British "art" got itself into; In that there was allegedly none before, then all of a sudden because Sarah Kent said it was so - it was so. Damien hirst is a nice person (and actually a very funny guy) but even he would agree (before every knob bigged him up) that he was the luckiest Yorkshire-lad half-wit on the planet
you want to see a shark, go to a fucking aquarium.
Or, preferably, Damien Hirst might consider going swimming off the coast of Western Australia with some part of his body oozing blood.
richard0807 yeah that sounds good to me
+Alexander Lee wow. really? you really dont se any artistry and creativity in any of this?
putting on the ritz
Noel... in jeans?! Whaaaa
If David Lynch were to make a movie bio about an artist, Damian Hirst would be the most likely subject.
Nope. Salvador Dali would be. Dali painted from his fears and his nightmares. Dali has so much more to give when it comes to the dream like surrealism that David always creates.
Damien "HEARSE" was that a good pun
So if I color dots ill become famous!
What did you expect from the death - heyyy
What year was this?
the problem is that the challenge that used to be before pop art came long is no longer a challenge......i don't see him an artist with an idea.....but who cares if you are as fabulous as hirst...its better than everything else
ronnie wood at 38:48 !!! LOOOOOOL
yea i know but Noel's worn that ring for years. if anything it's an homage, not an insult.
I like Damien as Shark :)
A drunk wanking on the street is art. Everything is art if you look at it with an artistic view point. I believe this is the point of his work. Many people view art in a very small category with all sorts of restrictions but art has no barriers. A butterfly is an insect but wouldn't you also consider it art? I can understand people being upset with his work because of the fact that much of it used to be living, but if I died and then was later used as art I would be quite flattered.
whats up with all of these its not art comments
i dont get it i dont like it
it aint good for me
but whats up with the whole debate about modern art
Is it art? No clue but very entertaining documentary for sure.
I'm shocked by the amount of people bitching about Damien and his work. Unless you yourself are a Picasso or a Warhol, then you have absolutely no right to get on your high horse and dictate what is art. The art I just saw shocked the hell out of me. Personally, I get more of an impact from physical three dimensional art than I do from paintings, and I find him more emotional and though provoking than most artist. His art is for those who think freely, not those who are taught how to think.
Kinda unrelated, but kinda not at the same time-The fact that art critics (and the concept of critiquing art in general) exist is ridiculous enough idea on it's own. Whether art is "art" is completely subjective. Whether art is good, great, or shit is completely subjective. There is no right or wrong in art. Critiquing it for the masses and telling others whether they should like it or not completely defeats the purpose of it's existence. Art is an intensely personal medium-that's the point of it. By telling someone that they've done something wrong with it, that their art is shit-you're essentially commenting on that person's inherent character which feels a bit wrong to me. Not understanding the point in something or not agreeing with the point or the visual(or whatever the case may be) of something doesn't necessarily make it bad or wrong, it's literally just a question of personal taste. Art is quite literally: "Someone else's trash is someone else's treasure". For me, personally, I'm not particularly moved by his work but I also haven't seen it in person which I find has an enormous impact on how you perceive art. Just seeing pictures or footage of art makes it a bit flat and lifeless and takes the "reality" out of it. Seeing it live is a totally different scenario.
His Art is shit! lol
I think that goes for movies, music and books too.
i wish it had subtitle
Poor Shark..
Damien Hirst and Bono in the same video; this must be the lowest level art ever reached in the virtual world.
ocredo ohmy u just didnt
i sometimes like to think its some hyperreal joke but i know its not...:(
Does Noel always twirl his hair when he is excited?
+SirManDudeGuy1 Yes. It is adorable.
I can't seem to relate to the artist, nor the narrator, but the art is dope nonetheless.
Because normal people are there to buy food to eat not look at the chicken wings and speculate what they are to feel or the deeper meaning in why they are packaged in one direction. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I see what Hirst is doing and understand why Noel is into it. Noel is the kind of person to go to the supermarket and not give a shit about it cause he's in the cookie aisle listening to the rolling stones and loading up the cart with sweets and having one on the way to checkout.
I can't decide which is worse, the pigs at Sotheby's or Damien's outfit.