Damien Hirst's Dissected Cow and Calf Set for Abbey Showing

Western Morning News, The › March 22, 2010

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A DISSECTED cow and her calf preserved by controversial artist Damien Hirst are set to go on show at a Westcountry abbey. The work, by arguably the most talked-about artist in Britain, will be the main attraction at Torre Abbey in Torquay this summer.

Mother and Child Divided weighs 6.5 tonnes and comprises a cow and a calf, each cut in half and preserved in a pair of glass- walled tanks in a formaldehyde solution.

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Damien Hirst's Dissected Cow and Calf Set for Abbey Showing

It was created for exhibition at the 1993 Venice Biennale an...

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