Artist: Damien Hirst
Artwork: Theodora (H10-3)
Series: The Empresses
Year: 2022
Medium: Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen-printed with glitter
Artwork Size: 100 × 100 cm
Hand Signed: Yes
Theodora (H10-3) forms part of Damien Hirst’s celebrated 2022 series The Empresses, a collection of five works named after influential female rulers from history.
Named after the Byzantine Empress Theodora, the work transforms Hirst’s iconic butterfly motif into an intricate kaleidoscopic composition. Butterfly wings radiate across the surface in precise symmetry, creating an image that is simultaneously beautiful and visually commanding.
The butterfly has remained one of the most significant motifs throughout Hirst’s career, embodying the tension between beauty and mortality, fragility and permanence. In Theodora, this symbolism is combined with ideas of female power, influence and transformation, reflecting the extraordinary historical figure from whom the work takes its name.
Produced as a laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite and screen-printed with glitter, the surface possesses an exceptional luminosity, allowing the intricate pattern and colour to shift as the work catches the light.
Created in 2022, Theodora (H10-3) is signed in pencil and individually numbered.
Artist: Damien Hirst
Artwork: Theodora (H10-3)
Series: The Empresses
Year: 2022
Medium: Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen-printed with glitter
Artwork Size: 100 × 100 cm
Hand Signed: Yes
Theodora (H10-3) forms part of Damien Hirst’s celebrated 2022 series The Empresses, a collection of five works named after influential female rulers from history.
Named after the Byzantine Empress Theodora, the work transforms Hirst’s iconic butterfly motif into an intricate kaleidoscopic composition. Butterfly wings radiate across the surface in precise symmetry, creating an image that is simultaneously beautiful and visually commanding.
The butterfly has remained one of the most significant motifs throughout Hirst’s career, embodying the tension between beauty and mortality, fragility and permanence. In Theodora, this symbolism is combined with ideas of female power, influence and transformation, reflecting the extraordinary historical figure from whom the work takes its name.
Produced as a laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite and screen-printed with glitter, the surface possesses an exceptional luminosity, allowing the intricate pattern and colour to shift as the work catches the light.
Created in 2022, Theodora (H10-3) is signed in pencil and individually numbered.
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