There ’s a new room to show off your fixation with Damien Hirst : Line your walls with his work . The English artist just debuted a tune of wallpaper through his retail store , Other Criteria . There are three repeating designs from which to prefer .
One mark , Entomology , is a version of Hirst ’s 2009 workNessus , a painting that feature a kaleidoscopic view of colorful beetles and other insects . You know , just in typeface you want to live your life completely palisade by bugs . ( mind : You might have some difficulty spotting the actual insect inside your household . )
Another , calledPharmacy 2 , is an update of wallpaper that Hirst created for Pharmacy , the London eating place he opened with Matthew Freud in 1997 . ( Theoriginal wallpaperis now held by the Victoria and Albert Museum . ) The same wallpaper presently decorates the interiors ofPharmacy 2 , their newfangled restaurant situate within a London gallery . “ The wallpaper reflects Hirst ’s enduring interest in the baron of pharmaceutical , ” according to Other Criteria , and features a take over grid of prescription drugs with brand names , generic names , and dosages listed underneath each illustration .
Thethirdis a take on Hirst ’s 2010 paintingValley of Death , a glossy look-alike of brown , mordant , gloomy Amytal , and green butterfly stroke wings . There are few motifs more Damien - Hirst - y than butterfly stroke — hefamouslyattached butterfly pupa to canvases and installed them in a gallery for his first solo show in 1991 , allow the insects to incubate and fly around the room feed on simoleons water and flowers during the exhibition .
All the wallpapers are about $ 324 ( £ 250 ) per 2.25 - foot by 33 - foot roll , which is pretty pricey for a wallpaper , but pretty cheap for a piece of artwork . Not that Hirst really needs your money . In 2013 , he was named thewealthiest artistin the domain .
