I am not usually a big fan of Damien Hirst - but i really liked this collection and i think one of the things that made it, was that it was in a working Anglican Church, so the exhibition has to be looked at in the context of its surroundings - you have to make a connection between God and Art. New Religion uses Christian iconography to explore the areas of belief, life and death. Damien Hirsts use of pharmaceutical images in place of the usual images suggests medicines/medical science is our new god.
New Religion highlights the conflict between science and religion. Damien Hirst said "People tend to think of them as two very separate things, one cold and clinical, the other emotional and warm and loving. I wanted to leap over those boundaries and give you something that looks clinical and cold but has all the religious, metaphysical connotations too."
if you get a chance to see it i would highly recommend it
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