victorsozaboy
The British are back for more from 1897 to 2017. The Oni of Ife must hear this. "Golden heads (Female)" by Damien Hirst currently part of his Venice show "Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable" at Palazzo Grassi. For the thousands of viewers seeing this for the first time, they won't think Ife, they won't think Nigeria. Their young ones will grow up to know this work as Damien Hirst's. As time passes it will pass for a Damien Hirst regardless of his small print caption. The narrative will shift and the young Ife or Nigerian contemporary artist will someday be told by a long nose critic "Your work reminds me of Damien Hirst's Golden Head". We need more biographers for our forgotten. #ifesculptures #classicnigerianart #workbynigerianartist #ifenigeria #lestweforget #nigeria #abiographyoftheforgotten
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  • victorsozaboyThe British are back for more from 1897 to 2017. The Oni of Ife must hear this. "Golden heads (Female)" by Damien Hirst currently part of his Venice show "Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable" at Palazzo Grassi.
    For the thousands of viewers seeing this for the first time, they won't think Ife, they won't think Nigeria. Their young ones will grow up to know this work as Damien Hirst's. As time passes it will pass for a Damien Hirst regardless of his small print caption. The narrative will shift and the young Ife or Nigerian contemporary artist will someday be told by a long nose critic "Your work reminds me of Damien Hirst's Golden Head". We need more biographers for our forgotten.
    #ifesculptures #classicnigerianart #workbynigerianartist #ifenigeria #lestweforget #nigeria #abiographyoftheforgotten
  • ibeananaba@ayoolaart Epic response, bro
  • kelechi_xoVery well said!
  • richardbeaversgallery@salazarinst there's a major difference between influence and copying.
  • mosesohiomokhareTHANK YOU FOR STARTING THE FIGHT.
  • theigniteagencyAgree Hirst is starting to become a culture stealing dog
  • aneurin.sandersIf you don't like it do it better than the world famous ripoff merchant don't just bitch about it
  • lucindaarundellHe probably did not even make it himself either.
  • ponuiriYour comment is so on point! 1897 & Rip Off rhyme so nicely together! Hmmmh.... I feel the African Renaissance is back or rather never went away!
  • l.gdpInteresting point: for my artistic existence I hope it works both ways @winklaarworks , @cultural heritage @winklaar.nl
  • grenadaseafarisseems he is appropriating from many for this show. Ife artists and also Jason DeCaires Taylor for his underwater statues. shame
  • esterhaseHirst is a joke
  • jannekalmarGreate artists steal. Ingenious artists thinks with their own brains.
  • leej722NEED MORE AWARENESS!
  • sodarlington@multigrooves
  • tarzan_ujane@aneurin.sanders it's already been done you fucking idiot. That's like saying Leonardo da Vinci shouldn't bitch if someone obviously copied the Mona Lisa from him.
  • tarzan_ujane@mrkuttz_theprofessor
  • britinswedenWhine whine whine. It's described in the catalog and on the description of the work. The whole concept of the show is appropriation. He includes Mickey and Goofy for gods sake... Clearly there's a lack of artistic comprehension here.
  • lw.j@al.a.ni "the British are back for more"
  • paul_o_facchTalking about copies makes no sense, the exhibition as a whole is the real artwork and it is based on a playful inspired "archeology".
  • stardomaveThe English(Europeans) have been stealing and claiming it was their own for centuries... and even if they did not claim it, they would not ever say they stole it originally..