Family
This is aimed at 8-12 year olds with an adult joining in
to discuss and think about Damien Hirst's artwork Pharmacy
online. You can start with the Introduction
and then go on to the Installation and Arranging games.
Introduction
Have a look at Pharmacy online.
What is the difference between a real pharmacy or chemist and Damien
Hirst's Pharmacy?
Can you name five things that are different?
Look carefully at the objects in Pharmacy. Would you expect
to see every one of them in a real chemist shop? What seems out
of place?
Name any thing that seems out of place. If you don't know what they
are called, do you know what they do?
Where might you expect to find those things?
Do you expect to see this kind of thing - a room that has the illusion
of being a real pharmacy - in an art gallery, or on an art gallery
website?
Can you remember any other artworks that have objects of everyday
life in them? What were the objects that the artist used or painted
or sculpted?
You can click to have a look at the Tate
Collection section of the Tate website for inspiration.
When you create art projects at school, do you make art about things
that are medical? Do you think this is an unusual subject for art?
You may want to find out about other artists who are concerned
with ideas of health and healing. Try the Tate Collection subject
search. There's a medical category under 'Objects' and also
one under 'Work and occupations'.
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