Art now serves as a permanent feature in our world; a feature which is loved and criticised in equal amounts with everything from the controversial, to the monumental and beautiful.
“The History of Art” is Legassick’s commentary of the contemporary art world as it presently stands, as well as serving homage to arts beginnings dating back to pre-history. Important artworks have been stitched together to form a high resolution “skin” which has then been projected over a specially created 3D Tiger shark model, suggestive of Damien Hirst’s controversial piece ‘The Physical impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ (1991). Hirst’s shark alone is speculated to have sold for around $8 million and this, plus his other works, have cemented him as being one of the wealthiest living artists, as well as one of the most controversial to date. The piece asks us to consider how these artworks and their individual movements have led us to where the art world stands today. Through the continuous pushing of boundaries, experimentation, new technologies and endless questioning, the art world has continued to grow and develop, reaching its coming of age where photography is beginning to play a major role.
