April 28, 2009 1:32 PM
April 28, 2009 1:32 PM
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Damien Hirst teams up with Michael Joo at Haunch of Venison to form a double act, or perhaps a consultancy team, to help the Berlin Zoo decide, finally, what to do with Knut. Whereas Hirst proposes pickling as the general solution, Joo is more subtle: Hirst dips a zebra in formaldehyde, whereas Joo casts it in bronze, then paints it pink. Hirst paints a ram’s horns gold, then puts them in formaldehyde; Joo cuts up an elk’s antlers and re-extends them with steel rods, and then bolts the result to the wall. But Hirst’s medicine cabinet, stocked with black pills, may prove the best remedy for all…
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