Dark Trees

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Dark Trees, at Hilario Galguera, April 2010, this catalogue features a number of previously unseen Blue Paintings from Hirst’s 2006-2008 series. Marking his second ever show in Mexico, his oil painted skulls find symmetry in Mexico’s Day of the Dead'celebrations, from which the artist has drawn a great many influences. Included in the publication are Human Skull in Space, Man Barely Alive and a number of gate-folded triptychs: Three Views of a Skull, Towards The End of The Day and Bad Omen.