Damien Hirst
Domestos, 2014
Household bleach/dispensers, wooden plinth, white pen
13 2/5 × 8 7/10 × 8 7/10 in. | 34 × 22 × 22 cm
Unique
signed (on plinth)
POA
Domestos is a bleach-based household cleaner and is branded as a germ 'killer.' The brightly colored cleaning products, with their Pop-art style lettering and childishly pleasing forms, are employed by...
Domestos is a bleach-based household cleaner and is branded as a germ "killer." The brightly colored cleaning products, with their Pop-art style lettering and childishly pleasing forms, are employed by the artist as a symbol of contemporary society’s utopian aspirations, Hirst explains: “they give us hope, some might say false hope, they seem to say that we can achieve immorality through cleanliness, that we can somehow make the bad things in the world go away, which of course we can’t.” Mounted on a wooden plinth and hand-signed by the artist.