Hardcover | 29.21 x 2.79 x 36.2 cm | 204 pp

Heni Publishing | 2024 | 9781912122776

Initially created to coincide with the exhibition Where the Land Meets the Sea (2023), this elegant and uniquely designed, large format hardback catalogue features the large-scale oil works that form Damien Hirst's three series: Coast Paintings, Sea Paintings and Seascapes.

Influenced by Abstract Expressionism, specifically Robert Motherwell's Beside the Sea paintings from the 1960s, as well as drawing on a personal, lifelong pastime of walking along beaches during UK winters, having holidayed as a child in coastal destinations like Scarborough, Filey, Whitby and Skegness, Hirst's works reveal an unerring captivation with the sea and its connections with awe, inevitability and nothingness.

This luxurious catalogue features over 200 full-colour reproductions of the artworks, complemented by thoughtful texts from writer and curator David Campany, and art critic James Cahill.