DAMIEN HIRST & THE SUBLIME
Introduction
Luke White
My PhD examines the legacy of the development, during the eighteenth century, of a notion of and a sensibility for ‘the sublime’, not just in high art, but also in ‘low’ culture. I take the work of Damien Hirst, perched as it is on the boundaries between the two, as a central example through which to conduct this inquiry. I set out in particular to trace the relation between the rise of the ‘sublime’ and the development of commercialised culture, and the links between an imperative to the sublime and its incessant lapses into bathos.
Below are some links to the various sections of the website I have set up in conjunction with my current PhD research.
DAMIEN HIRST: Links / Bibliography / Pictures
THE SUBLIME: A Brief History / Links / Bibliography