Stuck Inn XII: The Art Damien Hirst Stole Part 2
2006 saw a spate of fake Hirsts on the market. A fake Hirst is not a Hirst not made by Hirst, of course, as Hirst does not make his own work anyway. It is a Hirst not made by Hirst which Hirst says is not a Hirst, though in all other respects it is quite possibly identical to a Hirst not made by Hirst, which Hirst says is a Hirst. One “expert” commented, “If people can’t rely on what they think they’re buying, they’ll stop buying his work.” One of the “fakes” was of the print, Valium, the spot design of which in the “fake” and the “original” is a copy of True Daisy by Robert Dixon.
By Charles Thomson.
Six Poems
I’m going to kill myself and
Where were you
on the eighteenth of December
1998?
Whether it’s going to be rain, ice or snowy.
You don’t want anything on it?
In the video game it’s always winter
and you shoot elk, moose, grizzly and black bear, white tail deer.
Carnival music plays…
By Tom Andes.