DescriptionThe idea of using spin art to make high art came from Hirst's collaborative participation with the artist Angus Fairhurst (1966-2008) in the event 'A Fete Worse than Death', organised by gallerist and curator Joshua Compston (1970-1996) in Shoreditch, London in 1993.
This work was made and acquired at Joshua Compstons, ‘Fete Worse than Death’ this same year.
Hirst dressed as Coco the Clown with artist Angus Fairhurst and made what were to be his first attempts at spin paintings on the street, selling them to the fete visitors. An inverted electric drill and piece of wood onto which Hirst fastened sheets of paper was set up to create a spin painting stall from which the duo went about their business.
The idea proved to be too useful to be left behind and resulted in his subsequent 'Spin Paintings'.
Signed by Hirst on the reverse 'Biz Posh'. Work framed by Mark Darbyshire in Hirst signature formica.
The 'Fete Worse than Death' was organised by Joshua Compston, a brilliant but flawed gallerist, who committed suicide in 1996. Joshua ran a gallery called Factual Nonsense on Charlotte Road and conceived the idea of a Fete with artist's stalls. Everyone in the scene at the time participated including Hirst, Fairhurst, Hume, Turk, Wearing, Landy, Lucas, Gilbert & George and Emin.
The Fete took place at the cross section of Charlotte Road and Rivington Street.
