Damien Hirst, Kindness, 2011. Silkscreen. This stunning piece featuring a mandala pattern of vividly colored butterfly wings. This piece is an extremely limited edition of only 50, Signed and numbered by the Artist. Following the direction of Hirst’s Sanctum series, the large butterfly collage gloss paintings, Damien Hirst with ‘Kindness’ captures beauty, to seize and fix the ephemera. Hirst meticulously arranges and composes each wing to perfectly connect with the hues and shapes of the wings laid before them. The work recalls the infinite precision, the penetrating light, and the mesmerizing colors of cathedrals’ and churches’ stain glass windows. The butterflies, as if frozen in time upon a pale blue sky, seem to be on the threshold of life and the heavens. ‘Kindness’ translates to mind the mandala pattern, also known as the sacred circle or magic circle. As a historical medium of meditation, the sand mandalas are meant to be destroyed after contemplation in order to symbolize the impermanent or transitory character of the composed phenomenons. Damien Hirst tackles the evident ambiguity between the preserved perishable body and its uncertain resurrection. ‘Kindness’ remains as a reminder of the fragility of life and the beauty of each passing moment. The artwork comes framed in a custom black lacquer with black matte underlay, finished with museum quality non-glare glass.