Art Review: "The Last Supper" by Damien Hirst

GARETH'S ART BLOG
By Gareth

"The Last Supper" (1999) by Damien Hirst

In this series of paintings, Hirst brings together his attacks on religion and science. I don’t know if you can see it, but there are thirteen paintings made to look like drug packaging. But the “drugs” are things like “Salad tablets,” “sandwich capsules” and “chicken.” And the title, the last supper, makes reference to the last meal of Jesus, and to Holy Communion. This is what keeps us alive – we eat and we drink. But we trust science and we trust religion to help us to cheat death. I think he’s both highlighting the mundane and basic things that keep us alive, but at the same time he’s poking fun at the might and power of both religion and science. [link]