Damien Hirst, In and Out of Love: his use of butterflies; Some viewers object to the materials Hirst uses: the beauty and luminosity are derived from thousands of butterflies killed so that their wings could be used in his work. The museum, along with many other individuals and institutions over the course of Hirst's career, acknowledged the complaints but accepted the artist's actions as an acceptable part of his creative progress and determined his artistic intentions were of greater importance than any issues of morality raised. , the butterflies were the means to a higher end, his artwork.

Consider the following questions:

Week 3 - Use of Materials