Cherry blossoms in full bloom at the National Art Center, Tokyo, Nogizaka

#Travelwithme I didn't like Damien Hirst's work at all when I first saw it at the Tate Gallery in London, because it was too grotesque to stare at, such as cow slices preserved in formalin or stained glass made from dead butterfly wings. The cherry blossoms this time are like an impressionist painting I once saw. Looking at the whole picture, it is definitely cherry blossoms, but as you get closer to the screen, you can clearly see the polka dots overlapping in a three-dimensional way. The brush strokes when leaving the canvas, the dripping paint, and the leaves that look like they are real. In an interview video produced by the Cartier Foundation, Damien's struggle with cherry blossoms was shown as he headed towards a large canvas alone without the help of an assistant during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was interesting to see him use a snap to splash the paint on his brush onto the canvas and to see that if he had only used white and pink, it wouldn't have looked like cherry blossoms. "Human vision does not capture the whole, it is an accumulation of glimpses." I think I'm finally starting to like Damien Hirst. ・ #Damien Hirst #Sakura